The Ugly Duckling
Submitted by LibraryCall on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 5:41pmAudio File:
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This story is called The Ugly Duckling, written by Hans Christian Anderson, and read by Corrie Legge. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording.
The countryside was lovely just then. It was summer and the wheat was golden, and the oats were still green. Around the field and meadow lay great woods and a deep lake. Under the dock, in a cozy little spot among the reeds, a duck was sitting on her nest. Her ducklings were just about to hatch, but she was getting tired of sitting, for she’d been there such a long time.