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The Ugly Duckling
By Hans Christian AndersenAges 3-5About 5 minutes
A sweet little duckling who feels different from the others grows into a beautiful swan.
How it begins
By the lake, among the soft reeds, a mother duck waited patiently. A warm morning breeze gently stirred the lily pads. Then one of the eggs in the nest gave a little crack.
These are the tale's opening lines. The whole tale is read aloud in the app.
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Free in the app and using no talk minutes: a picture book of 25 pages, ten short silent scenes, and a narrator you can change.
A public-domain classic, read by Podoyo in English, German, Turkish, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
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