Read the following paragraph and answer the question. Give ONLY the answer, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Answer: <most likely answer, as short as possible>.

Paragraph: The next day , I came back with some whole wheat pita bread , and they liked that a lot more than pebbles . On the left of the main entrance to the mill . as seen in the first photo , there is a garden along the sidewalk , and I discovered what I thought was the remains of a mangled bird ... but upon closer inspection I saw it was a nesting female mallard : It remained perfectly still the whole time . It would only blink it 's eyelids every once in a while .

Question: Why did the narrator think that the duck was dead ?
Because it was very still .
The narrator thought the duck was dead because it appeared to be mangled.