The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling is a story we think we know, but it bears reading again and again from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen himself. We’re all familiar with the mother duck’s efforts to hatch the “turkey egg,” but do we know what happened on the ugly duck’s visit to the poultry-yard, or his encounter with the hunters, or his night with the old woman and the cat, or what drew him to learn his true nature . . . .
Volume One of Selections from Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales contains more than 15 black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson and the following four stories: The Nightingale, The Storks, The Wild Swans, and The Ugly Duckling.
