Complex sentence: When the tale begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch where one of the little birds is perceived by the duck's surroundings as a homely little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from the other birds and animals on the farm.
Split into simpler sentences: When the tale begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the duck's surroundings as a homely little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from the other birds and animals on the farm.