The Ugly Duckling Retold by Marc A Cerasini Illustrated by Michelle Lash-Ruff
In a snug nest in a cozy corner of a little pond Mama Duck tended her eggs Night and day she kept watch And every morning she counted the eggs One two three four
Then one sunny morning Mamma Duck heard a crack She jumped up from her nest Her eggs were hatching one by one Mamma Duck quacked with pride and flapped her wings There they were Three little yellow ducklings poking their beaks out of their shells Peep Peep Peep the ducklings cried They were hungry
