At the old manor house, the ducks spent their days dabbling about in the moat hoping that one of the children might arrive ... birds didn’t leave the ugly duckling alone. They laughed at him ...

Nobody wanted this “ugly duckling”, but he proved he was beautiful enough to be loved all along ❤️ @cricket_the_one_eyed_cat ...

Gratefully, Mom promoted other values with her children (and only daughter ... Here’s to the ugly duckling in all of us. Recognizing, in whatever way(s), we are all swans.

It’s aspirational to not privilege beauty or youth (we’re hardwired by evolution to do just that). To value ourselves, ...

A Compilation of four episodes of The Fairytaler, includes The Ugly Duckling, The Gardner and the Family, Soup On A Sausage Peg as well as The Traveling Companion.