Catch me in the Rye, Holden (pt.1)
“Hey,listen”, I said. “You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central ParkSouth? That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go,the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know, by any chance?”
I didn't feel too drunk any more when I went outside, but it was getting very cold out again, and my teeth started chattering like hell. I couldn't make themstop. I walked over to Madison Avenue and started to wait around for a busbecause I didn't have hardly any money left and I had to start economizing oncabs and all. But I didn't feel like getting on a damn bus. And besides, I didn't even know where I was supposed to go. So what I did, I started walkingover to the park. I figured I'd go by that little lake and see what the hell the ducks were doing, see if they were around or not, I still didn't know ifthey were around or not.
"Peopleare always calling and asking, 'Where do the ducks go?'" said Miller."I say, 'Did you just finish reading Catcher in the Rye? The answer isalways yes." (USA Today)
