One day, Gumboot is given a large bar of chocolate. He puts it in the basket of his bicycle and rides off to the park. Happily munching on the chocolate, he stops to watch the ducks as they feed and play. Gumboot decides he will give the ducks some food.
An old folk tale (with a moral) handed down through the generations and told on hair-washing night. There was an old woman who lived in a cozy oast house known to the villagers as the vinegar bottle. The furnishing was sparse, yet homely and adequate, she lived contentedly with her cat, Malt.