Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 443
sciplined. Those are pretty children that the mother hasthere, said the old Duck with the rag round herleg. Theyre all pretty but that one; that was afailure. I wish she could alter it. 418 The Ugly Duckling That cannot be done, my lady, replied theMother-Duck. It is not pretty, but it has a… … ^of.vT THE UGLY GRAY DUCKLING SWAM WITH THEM shaped. And then she pinched it in the neck, andsmoothed its feathers. Moreover, it is a drake,she said, and therefore it is not of so much conse-quence. I think he will be very strong; he makes*his way already. The other ducklings are graceful enough,…
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