Review: Others are so cruel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
What a heartbreaking story!  Who knew that the original characters were so cruel!  The Ugly Duckling was physically and mentally abused by his mother, siblings, and all of the other animals on the farm.  He ran away, and was mistreated and talked about not because of anything that he could prevent, but just because he was ugly.  Talk about self esteem issues!  He was afraid to make friends at one point so he became a loner, and didn't bother to fly south with any flock for the winter.  He suffered alone, and at the point when the flocks were flying back , he saw a flock of swans.  He thought they were most beautiful, and said that he would rather try to be in their circle and they kill him rather than to continue to be tormented by others.  When he approached, he found out that they thought that he was the most beautiful among them.  He didn't have the confidence to let their compliments go to his head, but truly appreciated the words.  He finally found a place to belong.  It was a long, hard road, but in the end he found peace, family, love and friends.  :)Just don't expect a lot of pictures with this story.  They are sorely lacking.