five o'clock
Of course Sunny Boy wanted to be useful , and he started after Mother Duck and her family . If you have ever tried to argue with a duck you will know that it does no good to tell her where she should go -- ducks are like some people , they like to have their own way . This mother duck had made up her mind that she was going to take her family down to the brook , and Sunny Boy had to race up and down the orchard and `` shoo '' her from behind trees and be patient a long time before he could get her started in the direction of the chicken yard . Then , once out of the orchard , she caught a glimpse of Araminta , who had come back -- for it was five o'clock -- and was scattering cracked corn for the chickens . The duck mother was hungry , and she started to run toward the chicken yard . Sunny Boy could scarcely keep up with her , and the poor little baby ducks were left away behind . `` Let 'em be -- they 'll follow her ! ''