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	Swan falls in love with paddle boat

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5-29-2006 12:38 AM

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Lovesick swan falls in love with swan paddle boat 
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A swan has fallen in love with a plastic
swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of
Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the
vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said Friday.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/3F7D3479-BC15-49B6-ABE9-32CA8C53EDAC" alt="Swans sit in a field in front of a large poultry farm in Wermsdorf, Germany, April 6, 2006. A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said on Friday. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc"><P>Peter Overschmidt, who operates a sailing school and rents
the two-seat paddle boat on the Aasee pond, said the black swan
with a bright red beak has not left the white swan boat's side
since it flew in one day in early May.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc"><P>"It seems like he's fallen in love," said Overschmidt. "He
protects it, sits next to it all the time and chases away any
sail boats that get anywhere nearby. He thinks the boat is a
strong and attractive swan."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc"><P>Overschmidt said the swan will figure it out sooner or
later but hopes he won't be too heartbroken.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060526/od_nm/germany_swan_dc"><P>"I'll wish him all the best and hope that he doesn't make
the same mistake again," said Overschmidt."
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