Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 57
THE UGLY DUCKLING. IT was beautiful in the country ; it was summer-time ; thewheat was yellow, the oats were green, the hay wasBtacked up in the green meadows, and the stork paradedabout on his long red legs, discoursing in Egyptian, whichlanguage he had learned from his mother. The fields…
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