At the duck pond
RC controller grasped tightly in my hands
A crowd forms around me, staring intently at a narrow channel between two small islands in the pond
Murmurs intensify as my 100% accurate scale model of M/V Ever Given approaches the channel
Sweat beads on my forehead as I begin my maneuver
The crowd gasps as the bow swings out and lodges in one island, then erupts in screams of joy as the stern lodges in the other
A swan swims to the model and pecks it
It does not budge