Description We invite you, dearest reader, to plunge yourself into beloved classical tale about finding yourself and not giving up on your dreams. This new edition of The Ugly Duckling contains twelve grayscale illustrations by Lyudmila Khudiakova. “So at last he ran away, frightening the little birds in the hedge as he flew over the palings. “They are afraid of me because I am ugly,” he said. So he closed his eyes, and flew still farther, until he came out on a large moor, inhabited by wild ducks. Here he remained the whole night, feeling very tired and sorrowful.”
