Tales from Tanner: Quackling

Tanner Hemmingsen tells the tale of Quackling the Duck, by Aaron Shepard.
"Once there was a very small duck with a very loud quack. So they called him Quackling.
"Now, Quackling was clever and he worked hard, so he saved up a good deal of money. In fact, he saved up so much that the King himself came to borrow some.
"Quackling was proud to loan his money to the King. But a year went by, then two, then three, and the King never paid him back..."
...and therein lies the tale...