When ostracized by the barnyard animals, the ugly duckling spends an unhappy year until he grows into a beautiful swan.
Hans Christian Andersen. Text adapted from The Yellow Fairy Book , compiled by Andrew Lang, and Andersen's Fairy Tales (originally published as Faery Tales from Hans Andersen) Watereolors were used for the full-color illustrations.
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The Ugly Duckling
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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.