The Ugly Duckling

ducklings poked out their heads and cried “Peep! Peep!” “How big the world is!” exclaimed the ducklings. They were glad to be out of those tight little eggs, and their mother was glad to let them look around at the leaves, for she knew how good for the eyes the color green is. “But this isn't the whole world by any means,” she told the ducklings. “There is much more of it. It extends far beyond the other side of the garden. Maybe we can all go there sometime. Let me see now; are we all here?” She looked around and saw that one of her eggs, the largest, had not yet hatched. “Oh, dear,” she said to herself, “I am so tired of sitting on eggs! I wonder how much longer this is going to l