THE UGLY DUCKLING
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE UGLY DUCKLING
by Hans Christian Andersen
IT was lovely summer weather in the country, and the golden
corn, the green oats, and the haystacks piled up in the meadows looked
beautiful. The stork walking about on his long red legs chattered in
the Egyptian language, which he had learnt from his mother. The
corn-fi ...