The ugly duckling bows his head expecting death, then sees his reflection revealing he has transformed into a swan.
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A familiar Hans Christian Andersen tale, framed as a nightly bedtime story, that follows a lonely duckling toward belonging and recognition.
Kevin Hayes presents Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling as a bedtime tale, and the story lands in the familiar way it should. A lonely duckling is turned away again and again, then carried through a long stretch of hurt toward belonging.
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