When Arthritis Attacks! Ernie is getting old and suffers badly with arthritis. He can barely manage to hobble a few excruciatingly painful steps these days before collapsing to the ground, but he struggles on, determined to make the best of it. “The poor thing should be put out of its misery” people say, but the thing is, Ernie still enjoys life and continues to defy the odds each year by doing his bit to help maintain Swan population levels….He’s sired no fewer than seven younguns this time around and is proving, yet again, to be an absolutely devoted father.