Bunny and the Duck

An ongoing story told by Baron Gerhard Kendal of Lions Gate. Using hand gestures, it was told during court for entertainment between lags in court business. It always began with "Once, there was a bunny and a duck...." Each time with the telling, the story was elaborately embellished with further characters and their adventures. It was widely known that the story was never going to be finished. However, Baron Gerhard did in fact, finish the story with "...The End."

The Bunny and the Duck is also the name of the tavern at Clinton War, the site where the story was most often told.

Baron Sir Gerhard Kendal demonstrating a bunny and a duck. Thirty Year Celebration, May 1996. Photographer unknown. From the Kendal Collection.

The Bunny and the Duck Tavern at Clinton War. Photo by Mary Ostler.