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there is a little gaggle of young moorhens learning to cope on the canal. i saw them taking their first swim. i saw them being fed by mum. i saw them loosing their fluffy feathers. i saw them ganging up on a swan. i saw them going mental quacking away at the rising sun. i saw them today. they're all grown up. i feel like mother hen, proud and happy, ready to let them go.