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Saturday, November 25, 2006

The Ugly Duckling

The second extract was "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. First I didn't notice this is a well-known story. Soon I realized that it was "Minikui Ahirunoko" in Japanese! It was very easy to read. I found this story in a children's story book at Junkudo. It sounds nice to read those books for chilren in order to do extensive reading, doesn't it? Anderson wrote several stories for children, The Little Match Girl, The Little Marmaid...etc.

The moral concept of the "Ugly Duckling" is that inner beauty will overshadow the physical appearance. I found that the dictionaries say that "a person or thing that at first does not seem attractive or likely to succeed but that later becomes successful or much admired" (Advanced Oxford) and "a person who turns out to be beautiful or talented against all expectations (Concise Oxford).

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