Extrait du livre The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling by Katherine Rushing and Lia Frassineti Flowerpot Children's press
In the far back corner of a big barn on a small farm that is just on the other side of a hill, a bird was born to a family of ducks. Her name was Lucy. Lucy didn’t look quite like the others. This is her story...
From the moment Lucy was born, she just didn’t seem to fit in. Lucy had gray feathers. Her brothers and sisters had yellow feathers. They thought her feathers looked funny. When their mom wasn’t listening, they teased Lucy and called her “The Ugly Duckling.” They would sing: “Ugly Duckling, with feathers all gray, go away-we don’t want to play!”
Sometimes when she was in the barnyard, all the animals would join in on the teasing. They would sing together: “Ugly Duckling, with feathers all gray, go away-we don’t want to play!”
Lucy’s mom loved her just as she loved all her other baby ducks, but sometimes all the mom-love in the world couldn’t make up for the teasing. By winter, Lucy decided she would be happier if she went off and lived alone. And that’s just what she did.
