Review: This is a story that all children should know
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
This is a story that all children should know. It teaches respect for all people, as well as animals. It reminds us not to "judge a book by its cover." It shows what we should know : that it is only with the heart that people can see clearly because the most essential things are invisible to the eye. And it teaches that we must also be careful in how we judge ourselves: we may be more than we think we are.This is a story of a mother duck sitting on eggs, who hatches them all, but the last one produces a bird that looks ugly to her and, latter, to all the animals on the farm. The animals treat this "ugly duckling" badly and he runs off in the middle of winter and has adventures. When spring comes and he looks in the water he discovers something about himself, including that he is beautiful.