Transcript:
This story is called The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording.
The country was lovely just then; it was summer! 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 it had lasted such a long time.