Hunting

CONRAD: I can't believe I'm actually going to do this.

RICK: You'll have a good time. Duck season is one of my favorite times of the year.

CONRAD: But like I said, in Taiwan it is strictly illegal to have guns. It is illegal.

RICK: I know. I don't think that's reasonable.

People in a free society should have the right to own guns.

In America, it's in our Constitution.

CONRAD: Well, there are a lot of reasons people in Taiwan can't have guns.

I think one of them is that it is so crowded.

RICK: Even so, I think it is the right of citizens to have guns.

Otherwise, only the government has the guns. And the government can oppress you.

CONRAD: Hmm. I see. So will it be cold?

RICK: Yes, it will probably be cold. I only hope it doesn't rain.

And sometimes it gets pretty windy.

CONRAD: You said we aren't going to be walking a lot.

RICK: Oh, no, not at all really.

When you duck hunt, you just sit in the blind. You wait for the ducks to come to you.

CONRAD: What is the "blind"?

RICK: The blind is made of bales of straw. It's for camouflage.

It's kind of like a little wall of straw that you hide behind.

CONRAD: But why would the ducks come?

RICK: Because we put decoys out.

CONRAD: "Decoys"? What are those?

RICK: We put a bunch of artificial ducks on the water. They're called decoys.

The real ducks see them, and then they fly over to join the party. Then we shoot.

CONRAD: Can we eat the ducks we shoot?

RICK: Certainly. When we get back down to Rockford,

I'll clean them and have Betty make us some nice roast duck.

CONRAD: I hope I get a couple.

RICK: Don't worry. You will. But you must be careful. I don't want you to get me.

CONRAD: Oh, I'll be careful. You just have to show me how to use the gun.