Three word story for more people with more than one word to say...

[NickyKnack]

could devour them

 

[sourland]

one by one

 

[NickyKnack]

until there's none

 

[easttexasfarmer]

Left, but then

 

[sourland]

the ducks luckily

 

[NickyKnack]

outsmarted the alligator

 

[sourland]

by turning towards

 

[NickyKnack]

the thick cattails

 

[sourland]

where a large

 

[NickyKnack]

Boar was wallowing