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Updated: May 15, 2025
How much the poorer should we be, mentally, without our early prophecy of the "ugly ducklings" we are to meet later in life! those awkward offspring of our little human duckyard who are mostly well kicked and buffeted about, for that very length of limb and breadth of back which needs must be, to support swan's wings.
But of all the family one only remained in the duckyard, which may be called a farmyard, as the chickens were admitted, and the cock strutted about in a very hostile manner. "He annoys me with his loud crowing," said the Portuguese duck; "but, still, he's a handsome bird, there's no denying that, although he's not a drake.
The little singing-bird busied himself for some time with his broken wing, and at last he lay down, too, quite close to his protectress. The sun shone warm and bright, and he found out that it was a very good place. But the fowls of the neighborhood were all awake, and, to tell the truth, they had paid a visit to the duckyard, simply and solely to find food for themselves.
And indeed he did not, though he was not half so pretty to look at as the little yellow balls that followed her. When they returned they found the old neighbour on the bank waiting for them to take them into the duckyard.
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