I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks..

I am not beautiful. My mother once called me an ugly duckling. But,listed separately, I have a few good features..

To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg..

Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, 'I never dreamed of such happiness as this, ….

This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan..