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    THE UGLY DUCKLING

    Jan 01, 2020 3 minutes
    retold by Pat Betteley
    illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell

    NARRATOR 1: One beautiful summer in the country, a duck sat on her nest, waiting for her last and largest egg to hatch. At last, the egg broke, and a big, ugly gray baby peeked out.

    MOTHER DUCK: He does not look like any of the others. Maybe he is a turkey. (The ugly duckling swims.) No, he cannot be a turkey. He moves his legs beautifully and holds himself upright.

    Mother Duck took

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