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• n  flesh of a young domestic duck
• n  young duck

• Ugly duckling stories really do not get any better than this.
• Last week in one of those ironic twists of business history, VW, the former ugly duckling but now Europe's largest automaker, plunked down $703 million in cash to buy Rolls-Royce .
• Ugly-duckling avatars, meanwhile, stayed five and a half feet away from strangers and were more tight-lipped.

News & Articles

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• Gazette.Net: Little ones at local libraries
  Local libraries are offering a bevy of free programs for kids this week. Kaydee Puppets presents the two classic fairy tales, “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Princess and the Pea,” from 2 to 2:45 p.m. on June 15 at the Kensington Park Library, 4201 Knowles Ave, Kensington.
  June 12, 2013 - Bethesda Gazette
• RESCUE MISSION: Ducklings Saved From Storm Sewer
  Bettendorf authorities took part in a big rescue mission Thursday morning. The victims: four ducklings trapped in a storm sewer....
  June 6, 2013 - WHO-TV 13 Des Moines
• Ducklings rescued from Bettendorf storm drain
  After they dutifully followed their mama across a street, four ducklings got trapped when they fell into a storm sewer in Bettendorf, Iowa.
  June 6, 2013 - WQAD Moline

Quotes

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• CS Lewis in Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
  As his spiritual mentor, CS Lewis, pointed out: "A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water."
• Eric Mabius in PopMatters
  Whether it's the Cinderella myth or the Ugly Duckling - that's the quick way people are summing up the story, but if you watch, you realize that's not it at all,says Eric Mabius, who plays Betty's boss, Mode magazine editor Daniel Meade....
• Melody in Fort Worth Star Telegram
  Especially because we're supposed to be modeling the clothes from our line, too,said Melody. "I grew up as the sort of ugly duckling kid, the chubby girl."