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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_cor%C3%ADu_feu" title="El coríu feu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="El coríu feu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="Брыдкае качаня – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Брыдкае качаня" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5" title="Грозното патенце – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Грозното патенце" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_schiache_Wusal" title="S schiache Wusal – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="S schiache Wusal" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27aneguet_lleig" title="L'aneguet lleig – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="L'aneguet lleig" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D3%91%D0%BD%D1%81%D3%91%D1%80_%D0%BA%D3%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%87%D3%97%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8" title="Сӑнсӑр кӑвакал чӗппи – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сӑнсӑр кӑвакал чӗппи" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C5%A1kliv%C3%A9_k%C3%A1%C4%8D%C3%A1tko" title="Ošklivé káčátko – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ošklivé káčátko" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_grimme_%C3%A6lling" title="Den grimme ælling – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Den grimme ælling" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_h%C3%A4ssliche_Entlein" title="Das hässliche Entlein – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Das hässliche Entlein" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_patito_feo" title="El patito feo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="El patito feo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_malbela_anasido" title="La malbela anasido – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="La malbela anasido" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahatetxo_itsusia" title="Ahatetxo itsusia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ahatetxo itsusia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DA%A9_%D8%B2%D8%B4%D8%AA" title="جوجه‌اردک زشت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جوجه‌اردک زشت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Vilain_Petit_Canard" title="Le Vilain Petit Canard – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Le Vilain Petit Canard" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Unsjogge_Pykje" title="It Unsjogge Pykje – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="It Unsjogge Pykje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_parrulo_feo" title="O parrulo feo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="O parrulo feo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%9A%B4_%EC%98%A4%EB%A6%AC_%EC%83%88%EB%81%BC" title="미운 오리 새끼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미운 오리 새끼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%B3%D5%B8%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A8" title="Անճոռնի ճուտիկը – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անճոռնի ճուտիկը" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itik_Buruk_Rupa" title="Itik Buruk Rupa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Itik Buruk Rupa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litli_lj%C3%B3ti_andarunginn" title="Litli ljóti andarunginn – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Litli ljóti andarunginn" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_brutto_anatroccolo" title="Il brutto anatroccolo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Il brutto anatroccolo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%96%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8" title="הברווזון המכוער – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הברווזון המכוער" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AD%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AD%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მახინჯი იხვის ჭუჭული – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მახინჯი იხვის ჭუჭული" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_grimme_%C3%A6lling" title="Den grimme ælling – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Den grimme ælling" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_brut_anedin" title="El brut anedin – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="El brut anedin" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_r%C3%BAt_kiskacsa_(mese)" title="A rút kiskacsa (mese) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A rút kiskacsa (mese)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%87%D0%B5" title="Грдото Пајче – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Грдото Пајче" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%9B%EA%AF%8A%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%89%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A8_%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯁꯛꯊꯤꯕꯤ ꯉꯥꯅꯨ ꯃꯆꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯁꯛꯊꯤꯕꯤ ꯉꯥꯅꯨ ꯃꯆꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_lelijke_eendje_(sprookje)" title="Het lelijke eendje (sprookje) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Het lelijke eendje (sprookje)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8F%E3%81%84%E3%82%A2%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E5%AD%90" title="みにくいアヒルの子 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="みにくいアヒルの子" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_stygge_andungen" title="Den stygge andungen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den stygge andungen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzydkie_kacz%C4%85tko" title="Brzydkie kaczątko – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brzydkie kaczątko" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Patinho_Feio" title="O Patinho Feio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="O Patinho Feio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%83%C8%9Bu%C8%99ca_cea_ur%C3%A2t%C4%83" title="Rățușca cea urâtă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rățușca cea urâtă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%83%D1%82%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Гадкий утёнок – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гадкий утёнок" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling" title="The Ugly Duckling – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="The Ugly Duckling" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0kared%C3%A9_k%C3%A1%C4%8Datko" title="Škaredé káčatko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Škaredé káčatko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grdi_ra%C4%8Dek" title="Grdi raček – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Grdi raček" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Ружно паче (бајка) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ружно паче (бајка)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruma_ankanpoikanen" title="Ruma ankanpoikanen – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ruma ankanpoikanen" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" 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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="The Ugly Duckling (disambiguation)">The Ugly Duckling 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.infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:125%; background: #ededed;">"The Ugly Duckling"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold; background:whitesmoke;"><a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">Short story</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen" title="Hans Christian Andersen">Hans Christian Andersen</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duckling_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Duckling_03.jpg/250px-Duckling_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Duckling_03.jpg/375px-Duckling_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Duckling_03.jpg/500px-Duckling_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="439" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Illustration by <a href="/wiki/Vilhelm_Pedersen" title="Vilhelm Pedersen">Vilhelm Pedersen</a>, Andersen‘s first illustrator</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Original title</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Danish-language text"><i lang="da">Den grimme ælling</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Literary <a href="/wiki/Fairy_tale" title="Fairy tale">fairy tale</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Publication</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published in</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/New_Fairy_Tales._First_Volume#New_Fairy_Tales._First_Volume._First_Collection" title="New Fairy Tales. First Volume">New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection</a></i> (<i>Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication type</th><td class="infobox-data">Fairy tale collection</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">C.A. Reitzel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">11 November 1843</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/10px-Arrleft.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/15px-Arrleft.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Arrleft.svg/20px-Arrleft.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="133" /></span></span> <br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sweethearts;_or,_The_Top_and_the_Ball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball (page does not exist)">The Sweethearts</a> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center;">  <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/10px-Arrright.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/15px-Arrright.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Arrright.svg/20px-Arrright.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="133" /></span></span> <br />— </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>"The Ugly Duckling"</b> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">Den grimme ælling</i>) is a Danish literary <a href="/wiki/Fairy_tale" title="Fairy tale">fairy tale</a> by Danish poet and author <a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen" title="Hans Christian Andersen">Hans Christian Andersen</a> (1805–1875). It was first published on 11 November 1843 in <i><a href="/wiki/New_Fairy_Tales._First_Volume#New_Fairy_Tales._First_Volume._First_Collection" title="New Fairy Tales. First Volume">New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection</a></i>, with three other tales by Andersen in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> to great critical acclaim. The tale has been adapted to various media, including opera, musical, and animated film. The tale is an original story by Andersen. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ugly_Duckling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a mother <a href="/wiki/Duck" title="Duck">duck</a>'s eggs hatch, one of the ducklings is perceived by the other animals as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse. He wanders from the <a href="/wiki/Barnyard" title="Barnyard">barnyard</a> and lives with wild ducks and <a href="/wiki/Geese" class="mw-redirect" title="Geese">geese</a> until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman, but her <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">hen</a> tease and taunt him mercilessly, and once again he sets off alone. </p><p>The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild <a href="/wiki/Swans" class="mw-redirect" title="Swans">swans</a>. He is delighted and excited but cannot join them because he is too young, ugly, and unable to fly. When winter arrives, a farmer finds and carries the freezing duckling home but he is frightened by the farmer's noisy children and flees the house. The duckling spends a miserable winter alone outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. </p><p>The duckling, now having fully grown and matured, cannot endure a life of solitude and hardship anymore. He decides to throw himself at a flock of swans, feeling that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness. He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realise by looking at his reflection in the water that he had been not a duckling but a swan all this time. The flock takes to the air, and he spreads his wings to take flight with the rest of his new family. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commentaries_and_criticism">Commentaries and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ugly_Duckling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commentaries and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg/220px-Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg/330px-Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg/440px-Mute_Swan_Cygnets_detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>A pair of young <a href="/wiki/Swan" title="Swan">swans</a> (or cygnets)</figcaption></figure> <p>In reviewing <i>Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life</i> by biographer Jens Andersen, British journalist Anne Chisholm writes "Andersen himself was a tall, ugly boy with a big nose and big feet, and when he grew up with a beautiful singing voice and a passion for the theater, he was cruelly teased and mocked by other children".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Speculation suggests that Andersen was the illegitimate son of Prince Christian Frederik (later King <a href="/wiki/Christian_VIII_of_Denmark" title="Christian VIII of Denmark">Christian VIII of Denmark</a>), and found this out sometime before he wrote the book, and then that being a swan in the story was a metaphor not just for inner beauty and talent but also for secret royal lineage.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Carole Rosen, the story was inspired in part by Andersen's friend <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Lind" title="Jenny Lind">Jenny Lind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ugly_Duckling&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg/180px-Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg/270px-Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1931.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Disney's 1931 version</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg/180px-Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg/270px-Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Sillysymphonies-uglyducking1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Disney's 1939 version</figcaption></figure> <p>The tale was adapted to a variety of media. Films based on the tale include two <i><a href="/wiki/Silly_Symphonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Silly Symphonies">Silly Symphonies</a></i> animated shorts produced by Walt Disney called <i>The Ugly Duckling</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling_(1931_film)" title="The Ugly Duckling (1931 film)">The first</a> was produced in 1931 in black and white, and <a href="/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling_(1939_film)" title="The Ugly Duckling (1939 film)">a remake</a> in 1939 in <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a>. The latter film won the 1939 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Animated_Short_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Animated Short Film">Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons)</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the last Silly Symphony to be made. The main difference between the Andersen story and the Disney version is that, in the latter, the little bird's ordeal lasts for only a few minutes, not for months. In 1936, the Fleischer brothers adapted the story for their animated short "The Little Stranger", reversing the story by having an odd chick born into a family of ducks. </p><p>In 1932, <a href="/wiki/Yasuji_Murata" title="Yasuji Murata">Yasuji Murata</a> directed <i>Ahiru no ko</i> (<i>The Ugly Duckling</i>), a 15-minute Japanese short animated film based on the tale. </p><p>In 1956, the Soviet animation studio <a href="/wiki/Soyuzmultfilm" title="Soyuzmultfilm">Soyuzmultfilm</a> produced its 19-minute version of The Ugly Duckling.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The anime <i><a href="/wiki/Princess_Tutu" title="Princess Tutu">Princess Tutu</a></i> is about a duck that turns into a swan-like ballerina. The 1954 <a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry" title="Tom and Jerry">Tom and Jerry</a> cartoon <i><a href="/wiki/Downhearted_Duckling" class="mw-redirect" title="Downhearted Duckling">Downhearted Duckling</a></i> is also based on the famous story. </p><p>The tale has seen various musical adaptations. In 1914, the Russian composer <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Sergei Prokofiev</a> composed a work for voice and piano based on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nina_Meshcherskaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nina Meshcherskaya (page does not exist)">Nina Meshcherskaya</a>'s adaptation of the tale and, in 1932, arranged the work for voice and orchestra. This was transcribed by Lev Konov in 1996, and his opera was a great success in Russia. Other musical versions include the song "The Ugly Duckling" composed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Loesser" title="Frank Loesser">Frank Loesser</a> and sung by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a> for the 1952 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Vidor" title="Charles Vidor">Charles Vidor</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen_(film)" title="Hans Christian Andersen (film)">Hans Christian Andersen</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Honk!" title="Honk!">Honk!</a></i>, a musical based on the tale which was produced in Britain and won an <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Award">Olivier Award</a>. The tale was adapted into a musical by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gail_Deschamps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gail Deschamps (page does not exist)">Gail Deschamps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hamilton" class="mw-disambig" title="Paul Hamilton">Paul Hamilton</a>. In 1998, the musical played the <a href="/wiki/Spoleto_Festival_USA#Piccolo_Spoleto" title="Spoleto Festival USA">Piccolo Spoleto</a> for seventeen days.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Pinkney" title="Jerry Pinkney">Jerry Pinkney</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Ugly_Duckling_(Pinkney_book)" title="The Ugly Duckling (Pinkney book)">adapted the story</a> as a children's picture book.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Ugly_Duckling&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 1,</span> 2014</span>. <q>[Lind] inspired at least partly two of his best-known children's stories, <b>The Ugly Duckling<i> and </i></b><i>The Emperor's Nightingale</i> [sic]...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lind%2C+Jenny+%281820%E2%80%931887%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0198614111&rft.aulast=Rosen&rft.aufirst=Carole&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxforddnb.com%2Fview%2Fprintable%2F16671&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Ugly+Duckling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131111105332/http://www.intanibase.com/shorts.aspx?shortID=288&studioID=1">"The 1939 Silly Symphony"</a>. 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krybbe lå</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Danmark,_mit_f%C3%A6dreland" title="Danmark, mit fædreland">Danmark, mit fædreland</a></i></li> <li><i>Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Christine%27s_Picture_Book" title="Christine's Picture Book">Christine's Picture Book</a></i> (art book)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Works inspired by <br />Andersen's life and works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen_(film)" title="Hans Christian Andersen (film)">Hans Christian Andersen</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daydreamer_(film)" title="The Daydreamer 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