This is the first Bubba and Cletus story written, dating back to 1984.  I've done some serious editing on it since then, but it's the same goofy tale about two cowboy going into the duck ranching business in hopes of making a little extra money.  Bubba, the adventurous partner, gets all head up to go into the duck business, drags Cletus along with him, and sets in motion a series of hilarious events that ends with a wild ride to a big lake where they hope their ducks can escape capture.  Mallard Max is the leader of the wild herd, a flock of maverick ducks who manage to get into lots of trouble before making their way across the border to saftey in Mexico.

One of the central characters in the story is a character named Sundance, a self-proclaimed witness for the Lord who works out of a halfway house in San Antonio where he administers to the poor.  Bubba and Cletus team up with him to devise a way of moving the flock to safer pastures . . . or waters, that is.  The plan doesn't work as expected, but the ducks end up escaping in the end . . . and Bubba and Cletus end up with a friend for life.

The Duck Ranch will be the first story featured in Tres Cuentos, the first in a series of books called The Adventures of Bubba and Cletus.