Ugly Chicklings
Good thing that ugly is only skin deep
“The Ugly Duckling” - Hans Christian Andersen
A little duckling was very sad because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers and sisters. They would not play with him and teased the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection in the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I am so ugly.” He decided to leave home and went far away into the woods.
Deep in the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old woman, her hen, and her cat. The duckling stayed with them for some time but he was unhappy there and soon left. When winter set in the poor duckling almost froze to death. A peasant took him home to his wife and children. The poor duckling was terrified of the children and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a marshy pond.
Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a beautiful swan swimming in the pond and fell in love with her. But then he remembered how everyone made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame. When he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonished. He was not an ugly duckling anymore, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so different from his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I was a baby swan!” he said to himself.
He married the beautiful swan and lived happily ever after.
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When turkeys mate they think of swans. - Johnny Carson
The freedom of birds is an insult to me. - Cormac McCarthy
Wishing to be a bird so you can Fly Away. - Unknown
The shell must break before the bird can fly. - Unknown
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A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl. - French Proverb
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. - August Rodin
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. - Salvador Dali
Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. - Redd Foxx
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation. - Abdul Kalam
The early bird catches the worm, eats more, and dies sooner. - Czech Proverb
She was so ugly she could make a mule back away from an oat bin. - Will Rogers
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. - Rabindranath Tagore
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. - John Berry
Never pick a fight with ugly people - they've got nothing to lose. - Robin Williams
Though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken? - Lorrie Moore
With birds flying around, man's desire for having wings rises to infinite. - Mehmet M Ildan
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it. - Steven Wright
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humming bird would be my favourite bee
And If I were blind,
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