The Ugly Duckling with a Sad Ending

One warm, fine spring day, four ducklings were hatched: three were the most beautiful ducklings to have ever existed, but the fourth was...well...not very beautiful to say the least; in fact, he was the ugliest duckling ever seen in the history of the pond. Because of this, no creature ever liked him; he was an outcast, shunned from society. However, every night, his parents would read him the story about "The Ugly Duckling", which inspired the little duckling to go on living, knowing that some day he would become a beautiful swan and would put all the other ducks to shame. …