It doesn't matter being born in a duck yard, as long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!Narrator in The Ugly Duckling
The ducklings are swimming about so nicely. One is prettier than another. They are fine children Mother Duck has.Narrator in The Ugly Duckling
I’ll never dare show myself to the roosters and hens, or even the ducks; they would only taunt me.The Ugly Duckling
Swimming with you in the water is the best thing I’ve ever known!The Ugly Duckling
This duckling thinks he’s a swan because he’s been raised with them.Narrator in The Ugly Duckling
Only when you've been ridiculed and teased can you know how unjustly animals are treated.Narrator in The Ugly Duckling
He flew over woods and lakes, over sea and land; and thus he came at last to good old Denmark.Narrator in The Ugly Duckling
When the children saw him, they rushed forth on hands and feet.Hans Christian Andersen
He is further off from perfection today than he was when he was born.Hans Christian Andersen
I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was an ugly duckling.The Ugly Duckling