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The Ugly Duckling
For over one hundred years The Ugly Duckling has been a childhood favorite, and Jerry Pinkney's spectacular new adaptation brings it triumphantly to new generations of readers. With keen emotion and fresh vision, the acclaimed artist captures the essence of the tale's timeless appeal: The journey of the awkward little bird -- marching bravely through hecklers, hunters, and cruel seasons -- is an unforgettable survival story; this blooming into a graceful swan is a reminder of the patience often necessary to discover true happiness. Splendid watercolors set in the lush countryside bring drama to life.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published November 11, 1843
About the author
Hans Christian Andersen
6,623 books3,344 followersHans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories — called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" — express themes that transcend age and nationality.
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.
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January 29, 2021
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
It is one of the cutest fairy tales I've read. The story portrayed pain and triumph, humor, and compassion beautifully. It was mainly about how painful and difficult it can be to discover our inner beauty just because of outward appearance. It's an excellent children's book with a beautiful message.
Wonderful.
It is one of the cutest fairy tales I've read. The story portrayed pain and triumph, humor, and compassion beautifully. It was mainly about how painful and difficult it can be to discover our inner beauty just because of outward appearance. It's an excellent children's book with a beautiful message.
It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye.
Wonderful.
November 25, 2021
Den Grimme ælling = The Ugly Duckling, Hans Christian Andersen
When the story begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the other birds and animals on the farm as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from them.
He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman, but her cat and hen tease and taunt him mercilessly and once again he sets off alone.
The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild swans. He is delighted and excited, but he cannot join them, for he is too young and cannot fly. Winter arrives.
A farmer finds and carries the freezing little duckling home, but the foundling is frightened by the farmer’s noisy children and flees the house.
He spends a miserable winter alone in the outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. When spring arrives, a flock of swans descends on the lake.
The ugly duckling, now having fully grown and matured, is unable to endure a life of solitude and hardship any more and decides to throw himself at the flock of swans deciding that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness and misery.
He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realize 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 the now beautiful swan spreads his gorgeous large wings and takes flight with the rest of his new family.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش این نسخه: ماه جولای سال2005میلادی
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عنوان: جوجه اردک زشت؛ نویسنده: هانس کریستین اندرسن؛ مترجم: مهرداد مهرین؛ تصاویر بائو؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، خشایار، سال1380، در12ص رنگی؛ شابک9644411021؛ چاپ دوم سال1381، چاپ چهارم سال1382، برای گروه سنی ب، موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان دانمارک - سده19م
مترجم: ثریا نظمی؛ تهران، دادجو، سال364هجری خورشیدی؛ در12ص؛ بارها تجدید چاپ شده
مترجم: پرستو یغمایی، نشر کهن، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سعید بهروزی، افق، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: زهرا سعیدبهر، فرهنگ و هنر، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم مهری محققفر؛ تهران: دفتر نشر فرهنگ اسلامی، سال1374هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: نوا آشتیانی، شارع، سال1378هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: شهرام عطائی، هفت اقلیم، سال1378هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مهرداد مهرین، خشایار، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: آزاده معالج، نشر همکلاسی، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی رحیملو، تهران، دانشگر، واحد کودکان و نوجوانان، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: بهناز منجئی آزاد، نشر آزمون، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: کامیار جولایی، جویا، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سرور مهدوی میلانی، تهران، نوبهار، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: زهرا حصارپرور، بازنویس: جواد داعی، مشهد، جام آپادانا، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: عماد لدنی، تهران صدف، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
خانه ادبیات، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مینو کسائیان، اصفهان، مهرقائم، سال1382هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مهدی علم باز، تهران، دلفین آبی، لاک پشت، سال1382هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: قدرت الله نیکبخت، تهران، قو، سال1383هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: پریسا جباری، آبشن، سال1384هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سحر بیضائی، مهرداد، سال1385هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: کیانوش مصباح، هیربد، سال1386هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ابراهیم بوی افراز، کاوشگر، سال1386هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: اکبر میرمطهر، اسرار قلم، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ابوالقاسم سبطی، نخستین، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سیما مولایی، نزدیک، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی اتحاد، بازنویس: مجید سیف، سپیده، سال1388هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: احمد قنبری، جان شیفته، سال1389هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ساناز صفری، ریحانه، سال1391هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: بیژن نامجو، فکر برتر، سال1391هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مجید میرزامحمدی، نهال نویدان، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: آرزو رمضانی، آرمند، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سیدعلی کاشفی خوانساری، قدیانی، کتابهای بنفشه، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی محمدپور، پوپک نقره ای، سال1393هجری خورشیدی
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شاهکاری بی بدیل، آغازش داستان جوجه ای زشت، و پایانش قویی زیبا و باشکوه، انگار زندگی خود نویسنده است، در قالب خیال نیز، نمیتوانم گفت این داستان چند بار تجدید چاپ شده یا چند مترجم آن را به فارسی برگردانده اند
جوجه اردک زشت، برخاسته از اندیشه و خیال «اندرسن» بوده، و وابستگی ای به هیچ کدام از داستانهای عامیانه ی کهنسال ندارد، نخستین بار در روز یازدهم ماه نوامبر سال1843میلادی، به همراه سه داستان دیگر از «اندرسن»، در «کپنهاگ دانمارک»، انتشار یافت، و شگفتی منتقدان و همگان را برانگیخت؛ و نام «هانس کریستین اندرسن» را جاودانه ساخت؛ این داستان بازنمایی زندگی «هانس کریستین اندرسن» است، پاسخ پرسش پرسشگری نیز هست که چرا زندگینامه ی خود را نمینویسید، و ایشان در پاسخ میگویند نوشته ام، عنوانش «جوجه اردک زشت» است؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 18/09/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 03/09/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
When the story begins, a mother duck's eggs hatch. One of the little birds is perceived by the other birds and animals on the farm as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse from them.
He wanders sadly from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman, but her cat and hen tease and taunt him mercilessly and once again he sets off alone.
The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild swans. He is delighted and excited, but he cannot join them, for he is too young and cannot fly. Winter arrives.
A farmer finds and carries the freezing little duckling home, but the foundling is frightened by the farmer’s noisy children and flees the house.
He spends a miserable winter alone in the outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly freezes over. When spring arrives, a flock of swans descends on the lake.
The ugly duckling, now having fully grown and matured, is unable to endure a life of solitude and hardship any more and decides to throw himself at the flock of swans deciding that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness and misery.
He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realize 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 the now beautiful swan spreads his gorgeous large wings and takes flight with the rest of his new family.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش این نسخه: ماه جولای سال2005میلادی
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عنوان: جوجه اردک زشت؛ نویسنده: هانس کریستین اندرسن؛ مترجم: مهرداد مهرین؛ تصاویر بائو؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، خشایار، سال1380، در12ص رنگی؛ شابک9644411021؛ چاپ دوم سال1381، چاپ چهارم سال1382، برای گروه سنی ب، موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان دانمارک - سده19م
مترجم: ثریا نظمی؛ تهران، دادجو، سال364هجری خورشیدی؛ در12ص؛ بارها تجدید چاپ شده
مترجم: پرستو یغمایی، نشر کهن، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سعید بهروزی، افق، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: زهرا سعیدبهر، فرهنگ و هنر، سال1375هجری خورشیدی
مترجم مهری محققفر؛ تهران: دفتر نشر فرهنگ اسلامی، سال1374هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: نوا آشتیانی، شارع، سال1378هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: شهرام عطائی، هفت اقلیم، سال1378هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مهرداد مهرین، خشایار، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: آزاده معالج، نشر همکلاسی، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی رحیملو، تهران، دانشگر، واحد کودکان و نوجوانان، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: بهناز منجئی آزاد، نشر آزمون، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: کامیار جولایی، جویا، سال1380هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سرور مهدوی میلانی، تهران، نوبهار، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: زهرا حصارپرور، بازنویس: جواد داعی، مشهد، جام آپادانا، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: عماد لدنی، تهران صدف، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
خانه ادبیات، سال1381هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مینو کسائیان، اصفهان، مهرقائم، سال1382هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مهدی علم باز، تهران، دلفین آبی، لاک پشت، سال1382هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: قدرت الله نیکبخت، تهران، قو، سال1383هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: پریسا جباری، آبشن، سال1384هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سحر بیضائی، مهرداد، سال1385هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: کیانوش مصباح، هیربد، سال1386هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ابراهیم بوی افراز، کاوشگر، سال1386هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: اکبر میرمطهر، اسرار قلم، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ابوالقاسم سبطی، نخستین، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سیما مولایی، نزدیک، سال1387هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی اتحاد، بازنویس: مجید سیف، سپیده، سال1388هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: احمد قنبری، جان شیفته، سال1389هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: ساناز صفری، ریحانه، سال1391هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: بیژن نامجو، فکر برتر، سال1391هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: مجید میرزامحمدی، نهال نویدان، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: آرزو رمضانی، آرمند، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: سیدعلی کاشفی خوانساری، قدیانی، کتابهای بنفشه، سال1392هجری خورشیدی
مترجم: علی محمدپور، پوپک نقره ای، سال1393هجری خورشیدی
...
شاهکاری بی بدیل، آغازش داستان جوجه ای زشت، و پایانش قویی زیبا و باشکوه، انگار زندگی خود نویسنده است، در قالب خیال نیز، نمیتوانم گفت این داستان چند بار تجدید چاپ شده یا چند مترجم آن را به فارسی برگردانده اند
جوجه اردک زشت، برخاسته از اندیشه و خیال «اندرسن» بوده، و وابستگی ای به هیچ کدام از داستانهای عامیانه ی کهنسال ندارد، نخستین بار در روز یازدهم ماه نوامبر سال1843میلادی، به همراه سه داستان دیگر از «اندرسن»، در «کپنهاگ دانمارک»، انتشار یافت، و شگفتی منتقدان و همگان را برانگیخت؛ و نام «هانس کریستین اندرسن» را جاودانه ساخت؛ این داستان بازنمایی زندگی «هانس کریستین اندرسن» است، پاسخ پرسش پرسشگری نیز هست که چرا زندگینامه ی خود را نمینویسید، و ایشان در پاسخ میگویند نوشته ام، عنوانش «جوجه اردک زشت» است؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 18/09/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 03/09/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
November 5, 2022
لو كنا جميعا نشعر اننا تلك البطة القبيحة السوداء
من هم البط الابيض اذن؟ المفروض البط الاسود إستثناء..واحد من ستة🐦
لكني انا شخصيا كنت بطة سوداء
و كل من اعرفهم ايضا اعتبروا انفسهم بط اسود..أين البط الابيض؟
اين الطفل الطبيعي المدلل السعيد؟؟
كادت هذه القصة العبقرية ان تذوب في يدي من كتر ما كانت تمثلني
ابدع هانز كريستيان اندرسون في تحليل نفسية الطفل المضطهد في صفحات قليلة تغنى عن دراسات طويلة
استاذ في علم النفس بلا فذلكة ..
و ديزني اكمل عمله كعادته
من هم البط الابيض اذن؟ المفروض البط الاسود إستثناء..واحد من ستة🐦
لكني انا شخصيا كنت بطة سوداء
و كل من اعرفهم ايضا اعتبروا انفسهم بط اسود..أين البط الابيض؟
اين الطفل الطبيعي المدلل السعيد؟؟
كادت هذه القصة العبقرية ان تذوب في يدي من كتر ما كانت تمثلني
ابدع هانز كريستيان اندرسون في تحليل نفسية الطفل المضطهد في صفحات قليلة تغنى عن دراسات طويلة
استاذ في علم النفس بلا فذلكة ..
و ديزني اكمل عمله كعادته
September 30, 2023
Is there anyone who does not know the the famous fairytale story of The Ugly Duckling? Originally the Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen called it , but then decided against giving away the surprise ending, and renamed it The Ugly Duckling (“Den grimme ælling”). So just in case, I will not spoil the ending either, (although if you read the blurb that might give it away).
The Ugly Duckling was first published in 1843, and was an immediate success. The first edition of 850 copies sold out within the first week. Hans Christian Andersen later admitted that the story was “a reflection of my own life”, and when he was asked if he was going to write an autobiography, he claimed that it had already been written — The Ugly Duckling.
The story has been told and retold countless times, and is often one of the first stories children learn in childhood, but what does not always transfer to the different versions is Hans Christian Andersen's delightfully droll humour. The positive life-affirming message is always there, that it is important to be yourself, and this is why the story perpetuates, but there are additional nuances in the original which make it one of his most enjoyable stories.
I chuckled all through the beginning where the mother duck is waiting for her biggest egg to hatch, complaining that her layabout husband never comes to see her, another older duck advising her that it was a turkey's egg, and to leave it alone. But at last the big egg does crack open, and a little one tumbles out,
“How big and gawky he was! The mother duck was soon convinced that he was her very own as she watched him in the the water, his little feet paddling away beneath him, "Look at those legs go! He knows how to keep upright. He is my own chick! And really quite pretty if you look closely," she said.”
But as the days went on, the other ducklings started to pick on their brother, and everyone else in the farmyard got in on the act. They started to be unkind and poke fun at him too,
“He is gawky and different so he must be put in his place!” they jeered, and the ugly duckling began to feel very unhappy. He got jostled and pecked and teased. He was the butt of every joke, and the mother duck always had to stick up for him. It was that he was so long in the egg ... she was sure he would turn out all right in the end. And anyway he was a drake, so perhaps looks didn't matter so much. “He's fit and strong so maybe he'll be able to look after himself.”
Eventually things got so bad that he ran away. The story follows all the adventures the ugly ducking had. Everyone he met at first seemed to run away from him, or ignore him, and this only confirmed to him how ugly he must be.
The ugly duckling roamed far and wide. He was frightened and lonely. He was never accepted anywhere, and nowhere felt like home. Nobody seemed to want to be his friend. They just laughed at him, or terrifyingly wanted to shoot those around him. Running from a situation where his life was in peril, he ended up as a companion to an old lady and her cat. But he could not lay eggs like Chickabiddy Shortshanks. He missed the open green spaces; the fresh air and the sunshine. He longed to go for a swim. The old woman's cat and the hen teased him mercilessly, so the ugly duckling decided he couldn't stay there either. “I think I had better go back out into the wide world,” said the ugly duckling, and again he set off on his own.
Time went on, winter came and went, and the ugly duckling just huddled down to endure the harsh wind, hail and snow. He became thinner and thinner, and more and more unhappy. He spent a miserable winter alone in the outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly froze over. He exhausted himself trying to keep the water flowing by paddling round and round - and even got stuck in the ice, and had to be rescued by a kind farmer. Still the ugly duckling had yet more adventures in store. Then,
“One evening, just as the setting sun flamed across the sky, a flock of large lovely birds rose from the rushes ... the ugly duckling was seized with a wild excitement”.
Some deep impulse stirs inside him ...
And the end of the story is just perfect, making this one of the world's most uplifting and heartwarming tales. In my opinion it is Hans Christian Andersen's masterpiece. It has been translated into many languages and published around the world. It has become his most famous story.
The Ugly Duckling is Hans Christian Andersen's own creation, and owes no debt to any other fairy tale. Hans Christian Andersen had his first glimmer of inspiration for the story in 1842, while staying at the country estate of Bregentved, and enjoying the beauty of nature. But it took him a year to write and hone the story to his own satifaction.
The Ugly Duckling was the first story where the phrase “told for children” was not part of the title, and although clearly it is a tale which has great moral truths, it can be read by any age. It was the fourth and last in the volume which also contained “The Nightingale”, another lovely tale. Link here to my review of “The Nightingale”. The book sold out almost immediately and Hans Christian Andersen wrote delightedly,
“The book is selling like hot cakes. All the papers are praising it, everyone is reading it! No books of mine are appreciated in the way these fairy tales are!” He even read it aloud at social gatherings.
It is not difficult to see why the author viewed this story as a metaphor for his own life. He was a tall, ugly boy, with a big nose and big feet. Although he had a beautiful singing voice and a passion for ballet and the theatre, all his life he was rejected and teased by other children. He used to boast that he was secretly a prince, and although this only led to further mockery, there is a real possibility that he was in fact the illegitimate son of Prince Christian Frederik, later to be King Christian VIII of Denmark.
It is extraordinary that this story grabs the imagination in such a feel-good way. The ugly duckling is not heroic, and apart from enduring the winter, he does not complete any of the challenges typically demanded of a fairy tale hero. Yet we all relate to the story's positive messages about acceptance and rejection, stoicism and self-worth, and the idea that some things are worth waiting for. It is a beautiful and timeless story; one that speaks across generations, and my favourite of all Hans Christian Andersen's stories.
Here's a photo I took of an "Ugly Duckling". Doesn't it just make you melt?
The Ugly Duckling was first published in 1843, and was an immediate success. The first edition of 850 copies sold out within the first week. Hans Christian Andersen later admitted that the story was “a reflection of my own life”, and when he was asked if he was going to write an autobiography, he claimed that it had already been written — The Ugly Duckling.
The story has been told and retold countless times, and is often one of the first stories children learn in childhood, but what does not always transfer to the different versions is Hans Christian Andersen's delightfully droll humour. The positive life-affirming message is always there, that it is important to be yourself, and this is why the story perpetuates, but there are additional nuances in the original which make it one of his most enjoyable stories.
I chuckled all through the beginning where the mother duck is waiting for her biggest egg to hatch, complaining that her layabout husband never comes to see her, another older duck advising her that it was a turkey's egg, and to leave it alone. But at last the big egg does crack open, and a little one tumbles out,
“How big and gawky he was! The mother duck was soon convinced that he was her very own as she watched him in the the water, his little feet paddling away beneath him, "Look at those legs go! He knows how to keep upright. He is my own chick! And really quite pretty if you look closely," she said.”
But as the days went on, the other ducklings started to pick on their brother, and everyone else in the farmyard got in on the act. They started to be unkind and poke fun at him too,
“He is gawky and different so he must be put in his place!” they jeered, and the ugly duckling began to feel very unhappy. He got jostled and pecked and teased. He was the butt of every joke, and the mother duck always had to stick up for him. It was that he was so long in the egg ... she was sure he would turn out all right in the end. And anyway he was a drake, so perhaps looks didn't matter so much. “He's fit and strong so maybe he'll be able to look after himself.”
Eventually things got so bad that he ran away. The story follows all the adventures the ugly ducking had. Everyone he met at first seemed to run away from him, or ignore him, and this only confirmed to him how ugly he must be.
The ugly duckling roamed far and wide. He was frightened and lonely. He was never accepted anywhere, and nowhere felt like home. Nobody seemed to want to be his friend. They just laughed at him, or terrifyingly wanted to shoot those around him. Running from a situation where his life was in peril, he ended up as a companion to an old lady and her cat. But he could not lay eggs like Chickabiddy Shortshanks. He missed the open green spaces; the fresh air and the sunshine. He longed to go for a swim. The old woman's cat and the hen teased him mercilessly, so the ugly duckling decided he couldn't stay there either. “I think I had better go back out into the wide world,” said the ugly duckling, and again he set off on his own.
Time went on, winter came and went, and the ugly duckling just huddled down to endure the harsh wind, hail and snow. He became thinner and thinner, and more and more unhappy. He spent a miserable winter alone in the outdoors, mostly hiding in a cave on the lake that partly froze over. He exhausted himself trying to keep the water flowing by paddling round and round - and even got stuck in the ice, and had to be rescued by a kind farmer. Still the ugly duckling had yet more adventures in store. Then,
“One evening, just as the setting sun flamed across the sky, a flock of large lovely birds rose from the rushes ... the ugly duckling was seized with a wild excitement”.
Some deep impulse stirs inside him ...
And the end of the story is just perfect, making this one of the world's most uplifting and heartwarming tales. In my opinion it is Hans Christian Andersen's masterpiece. It has been translated into many languages and published around the world. It has become his most famous story.
The Ugly Duckling is Hans Christian Andersen's own creation, and owes no debt to any other fairy tale. Hans Christian Andersen had his first glimmer of inspiration for the story in 1842, while staying at the country estate of Bregentved, and enjoying the beauty of nature. But it took him a year to write and hone the story to his own satifaction.
The Ugly Duckling was the first story where the phrase “told for children” was not part of the title, and although clearly it is a tale which has great moral truths, it can be read by any age. It was the fourth and last in the volume which also contained “The Nightingale”, another lovely tale. Link here to my review of “The Nightingale”. The book sold out almost immediately and Hans Christian Andersen wrote delightedly,
“The book is selling like hot cakes. All the papers are praising it, everyone is reading it! No books of mine are appreciated in the way these fairy tales are!” He even read it aloud at social gatherings.
It is not difficult to see why the author viewed this story as a metaphor for his own life. He was a tall, ugly boy, with a big nose and big feet. Although he had a beautiful singing voice and a passion for ballet and the theatre, all his life he was rejected and teased by other children. He used to boast that he was secretly a prince, and although this only led to further mockery, there is a real possibility that he was in fact the illegitimate son of Prince Christian Frederik, later to be King Christian VIII of Denmark.
It is extraordinary that this story grabs the imagination in such a feel-good way. The ugly duckling is not heroic, and apart from enduring the winter, he does not complete any of the challenges typically demanded of a fairy tale hero. Yet we all relate to the story's positive messages about acceptance and rejection, stoicism and self-worth, and the idea that some things are worth waiting for. It is a beautiful and timeless story; one that speaks across generations, and my favourite of all Hans Christian Andersen's stories.
Here's a photo I took of an "Ugly Duckling". Doesn't it just make you melt?
June 15, 2018
You guys know I hate Hans Christian Anderson's way of ending the stories.
I started this with the same expectations. But unexpectedly here I got the happy ending! HAPPY ENDING!! 😊
--As always, his writing style didn't fail to amuse me. I totally love him for this.
--For those like me who have read many of his short stories, will see some similarities. But I like them.
--This is the story of an uglyduckling. Nobody accepts him because of his ugliness. He goes through the cruel behaviour of world around him and sees that only beauty has the value.
--I really sympathized with the Duckling. He went through the bad time and ultimately got the happiness.
I loved this story. One of the best from him! ^__^
13 June, 2018
--As always, his writing style didn't fail to amuse me. I totally love him for this.
--For those like me who have read many of his short stories, will see some similarities. But I like them.
--This is the story of an ugly
--I really sympathized with the Duckling. He went through the bad time and ultimately got the happiness.
I loved this story. One of the best from him! ^__^
13 June, 2018
December 31, 2019
Wonderful children's story but fun for any age! I have always loved all of Hand Christian Andersen's books!!
July 13, 2019
I feel like this is one of the most powerful fables told to children. It is one of my favorite stories. I think it is also one of the archetypes that is really running in todays world. There are so many people who don’t feel like they belong to their families, who are rejected by their communities. They have to find their own communities. Being in the world of healing, I have seen many people who have had to struggle against their family and find their place in the world, just like the ugly duckling did.
This is especially true in the LGBTQ community. It is getting better nowadays, but people are still rejected for who they are made to be and must go out and find their own family.
This little story, which is beautiful illustrated by Jerry, is such a roadmap and a reminder for those people born in the family that rejects them, that there is a place out in the world with people like them where they can belong. There is a place of acceptance and a place to gracefully fly. I have seen it so many times.
I don’t know that the kids see how powerful this is. The nephew loved the animals. He does like this story and he gave this 3 stars. The niece has had some issues at school here and there and I think this story made a little more sense to her. She gave this 4 stars.
This is especially true in the LGBTQ community. It is getting better nowadays, but people are still rejected for who they are made to be and must go out and find their own family.
This little story, which is beautiful illustrated by Jerry, is such a roadmap and a reminder for those people born in the family that rejects them, that there is a place out in the world with people like them where they can belong. There is a place of acceptance and a place to gracefully fly. I have seen it so many times.
I don’t know that the kids see how powerful this is. The nephew loved the animals. He does like this story and he gave this 3 stars. The niece has had some issues at school here and there and I think this story made a little more sense to her. She gave this 4 stars.
August 14, 2015
It's a wonderful story about Self-acceptance,The Difference and how it does not necessarily mean a bad thing!
بجد تحفة و في رأيي كبير او صغير قراها فهو هيستمتع جدا و هيستفاد كمان
! :)
بجد تحفة و في رأيي كبير او صغير قراها فهو هيستمتع جدا و هيستفاد كمان
! :)
April 2, 2021
به مناسبت روز تولد جناب هانس و روز جهانی کتاب کودک، بازخوانی شد .
گمونم این معروف ترین داستان پند آموز جهان باشه، یا دیگه معروفترین داستان آقای اندرسون که هست حتما. کیه اینو نخونده باشه واقعا؟ آریایی نیستی اگه توی مهد کودک کتاب مصورش رو هدیه نگرفته باشی. تعجب میکنم ریویوو فارسیش کمه.
از هرکی بپرسی، خودشو جوجه اردک زشت میدونه، کسی که جای اشتباه قرار گرفته و قابلیت های خاصش نادیده گرفته شده. خیلی جالبه ولی ، یه فرق بزرگ داریم ما آدما با جوجه اردکه، اردکه هرچی بزرگتر میشه خوشگلتر میشه و در نهایت به اوج زیبایی میرسه، ولی ما آدما هرچی بزرگتر میشیم زشت تر و بد قیافه تر میشیم . شما تا حالا یه بچهی زشت دیدید؟ حتی بچه هایی که نقص جدی دارن هم خیلی خوشگلن. در عوض ادم بزرگا، تا دلتون بخواد زشت و بد ترکیبن
گمونم این معروف ترین داستان پند آموز جهان باشه، یا دیگه معروفترین داستان آقای اندرسون که هست حتما. کیه اینو نخونده باشه واقعا؟ آریایی نیستی اگه توی مهد کودک کتاب مصورش رو هدیه نگرفته باشی. تعجب میکنم ریویوو فارسیش کمه.
از هرکی بپرسی، خودشو جوجه اردک زشت میدونه، کسی که جای اشتباه قرار گرفته و قابلیت های خاصش نادیده گرفته شده. خیلی جالبه ولی ، یه فرق بزرگ داریم ما آدما با جوجه اردکه، اردکه هرچی بزرگتر میشه خوشگلتر میشه و در نهایت به اوج زیبایی میرسه، ولی ما آدما هرچی بزرگتر میشیم زشت تر و بد قیافه تر میشیم . شما تا حالا یه بچهی زشت دیدید؟ حتی بچه هایی که نقص جدی دارن هم خیلی خوشگلن. در عوض ادم بزرگا، تا دلتون بخواد زشت و بد ترکیبن
March 28, 2013
The Ugly Duckling is one of the most famous fairy tales of Danish Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). I am still to read the whole collection but I got a copy of this book as I try to buy a few children's books every payday for our outreach program for child literacy on May 25, 2013 to be held at the Museo Pambata. We will spend half a day to read three stories to children aged 4-8 from the financially-challenged families of Manila, we will also feed them and give them loot bags that contain school supplies, candies, biscuits, etc. Then all the donated books will go to the Museo for their mobile library. If you want to donate, please communicate with me. Any amount or second hand children's books will do.
Well, we all know the story of the ugly ducking. Accidentally mixed with a duck's eggs, he (it is only now that I found out that the ugly duckling is male) is hatched and grows up with ducks. Naturally, he looks different so all the animals and people around find him ugly. Until he matures and sees a group of swans and so he finds out that he is a swan and not a duck.
For me the lesson is to make sure that you segregate the eggs properly. How can a swan's egg get mixed with duck's egg? It is like in the hospital, in the past the hospitals have loose procedures. Now, I guess all hospitals follow a certain generally accepted procedures for newly born babies to be footprinted, to immediately have a name tag, to be photographed with the parents, etc. I am not saying that swans and ducks have these too. I think what I am trying to say is that the mix-up is unexplained and so the ugly duckling suffers from being an outcast and extreme humiliation. I am sure that if this happens to an individual, the trauma that the very young ugly duckling from being ostracized would left a permanent damage to his self-esteem and psyche.
We should love even those who look different from us.
Well, we all know the story of the ugly ducking. Accidentally mixed with a duck's eggs, he (it is only now that I found out that the ugly duckling is male) is hatched and grows up with ducks. Naturally, he looks different so all the animals and people around find him ugly. Until he matures and sees a group of swans and so he finds out that he is a swan and not a duck.
For me the lesson is to make sure that you segregate the eggs properly. How can a swan's egg get mixed with duck's egg? It is like in the hospital, in the past the hospitals have loose procedures. Now, I guess all hospitals follow a certain generally accepted procedures for newly born babies to be footprinted, to immediately have a name tag, to be photographed with the parents, etc. I am not saying that swans and ducks have these too. I think what I am trying to say is that the mix-up is unexplained and so the ugly duckling suffers from being an outcast and extreme humiliation. I am sure that if this happens to an individual, the trauma that the very young ugly duckling from being ostracized would left a permanent damage to his self-esteem and psyche.
We should love even those who look different from us.
August 20, 2019
یادمه بچه بودم بعد از امپول زدن تو درمانگاه و تو راه برگشت به خونه کتاب جوجه اردک زشت رو دیدم و مامانمو مجبور کردم برام بخردش :) از اون کتاب ها بود که باز می شد عکس ها میومدن جلو ، خیلی حال کردم باهاش
March 18, 2018
A wonderful story of a duckling facing discrimination just because of her appearance. Emotional and heart-touching. Reading it in my school days, I remember getting tearful over this one.
January 20, 2021
This was free with Audible this month, so I listened to it and to be fair, I didn't like it. Yes, it's how things work in real life, people pick and laugh about you if you look differently, but not everyone and not always. No one mentioned that the ugly ducking swam just as well as the others, they only talked about his looks, not his skill (which again - often true with children, but there were adult ducks as well). His mum was lovely though.
It might be silly, but all I heard in this tale was everyone saying he was ugly, he deciding to hide in sadness and despair until something (he didn't do anything) improved on its own and he was happy.
Before you say - "wait, that's not the message!" I know, I've heard re-tellings of this many times, just like the idea behind it, but when I actually listened to this story, message above is what I heard, not the message of "prevailing through hard times and overcoming issues" message other's try to promote.
It might be silly, but all I heard in this tale was everyone saying he was ugly, he deciding to hide in sadness and despair until something (he didn't do anything) improved on its own and he was happy.
Before you say - "wait, that's not the message!" I know, I've heard re-tellings of this many times, just like the idea behind it, but when I actually listened to this story, message above is what I heard, not the message of "prevailing through hard times and overcoming issues" message other's try to promote.
December 11, 2019
One of the most known and most loved fairy tales of all. I loved it as a kid and so did my kids and my grandchildren. It is emotional and touching as you see what the duckling goes through, and many kids can relate to that. It is a wonderful lesson of self-acceptance, and getting through difficult periods in our lives. A true classic that everyone should read at least once.
February 22, 2020
“It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling
classic from the past. One of the many books that inspired me to read. Loved it. This is part of my much loved books from childhood.
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling
classic from the past. One of the many books that inspired me to read. Loved it. This is part of my much loved books from childhood.
May 23, 2024
Man, I Can Relate to Uglyness.
Mother Duck lovingly nurtures all her eggs, and in time, a whole bunch of lovely baby ducks hatch from their shells; except for some strange reason, one of them stands out among from the rest, a grey Ugly baby duck that is so much different to the rest. Shunned by his siblings, his mother and the whole animal community, the tiny baby duck finds himself utterly lost, and hopeless. Oh no! What will become of him?
I think this is a great story, for personal reasons I couldn’t enjoy that much.
First, even though I’ve never read it or watched the film, I somehow knew pretty much all the story and its ending. A massively spread children’s story and some general culture will do that I suppose, and I guess the grand majority, if not all of us, were fed this story in our infancy, whether or not we can remember exactly when. And sadly, that made it way too predictable; and that beautiful unexpected ending, which would’ve totally blown me away and added an extra star if I hadn’t know it, held no surprise at all, been aware of it beforehand.
Second, one thing about the premise didn’t quite convince me. Also, there was a visit to some cabin with an old lady and a cat, and some other stuff which felt completely unnecessary and totally dragged the story. Idk, maybe a big chunk of this story is symbolical; which would explain why I didn’t get any of it. YES, not even my adult self gets symbolism.
But anyway, all in all, and despite my many reservations, I still think this is a great story; its reputation certainly precedes it. And any child should probably LOVE it, or any adulescent, capable of overlooking a few things.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
*** The Ugly Duckling (1939)…
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1843] [40p] [Children’s] [2.5] [Conditional Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ The Little Match Girl [2.5]
★★☆☆☆ The Ugly Duckling [2.5]
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Vaya, ¡Sí Que Puedo Identificarme con ser Feo!
Mamá Pato cuida con amor todos sus huevos y, con el tiempo, un montón de adorables patitos bebés nacen de sus cáscaras; excepto que por alguna extraña razón, uno de ellos destaca entre los demás, un Patito Feo y gris que es muy diferente al resto. Rechazado por sus hermanos, su madre y toda la comunidad animal, el pequeño patito se encuentra completamente perdido y desesperanzado. ¡Oh, no! ¿Qué será de él?
Creo que esta es una gran historia, pero por razones personales no pude disfrutarla mucho.
Primero, aunque nunca lo leí ni vi la película, de alguna manera conocía prácticamente toda la historia y su final. Supongo que una historia infantil difundida masivamente y algo de cultura general inevitablemente hace eso, y creo que la gran mayoría, si no es que todos nosotros, nos alimentaron en nuestra infancia con esta historia, aunque podamos o no recordar exactamente cuándo. Y, desafortunadamente, eso lo hizo demasiado predecible; y ese hermoso e inesperado final, que seguramente me habría dejado asombrado y habría agregado una estrella extra si no lo hubiera conocido, no tuvo sorpresa en absoluto, sabiéndolo de antemano.
Segundo, una cosa sobre la premisa no me convenció del todo. Además, hubo una visita a una cabaña con una anciana y un gato, y algunas otras cosas que parecieron completamente irrelevantes y que alargaron innecesariamente la historia. No sé, tal vez una gran parte de esta historia sea simbólica; lo cual explicaría por qué no entendí nada. Y SÍ, ni siquiera mi yo adulto entiende simbolismo.
Pero en fin, dentro de todo, y a pesar de mis muchas reservas, sigo pensando que ésta es una genial historia; su reputación ciertamente la precede. Y a cualquier niño probablemente la AMARIA, o a cualquier adulescente, capaz de dejar pasar ciertas cosas.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
*** El Patito Feo (1939)…
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1843] [40p] [Niños] [2.5] [Recomendable Condicional]
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Mother Duck lovingly nurtures all her eggs, and in time, a whole bunch of lovely baby ducks hatch from their shells; except for some strange reason, one of them stands out among from the rest, a grey Ugly baby duck that is so much different to the rest. Shunned by his siblings, his mother and the whole animal community, the tiny baby duck finds himself utterly lost, and hopeless. Oh no! What will become of him?
I think this is a great story, for personal reasons I couldn’t enjoy that much.
First, even though I’ve never read it or watched the film, I somehow knew pretty much all the story and its ending. A massively spread children’s story and some general culture will do that I suppose, and I guess the grand majority, if not all of us, were fed this story in our infancy, whether or not we can remember exactly when. And sadly, that made it way too predictable; and that beautiful unexpected ending, which would’ve totally blown me away and added an extra star if I hadn’t know it, held no surprise at all, been aware of it beforehand.
Second, one thing about the premise didn’t quite convince me. Also, there was a visit to some cabin with an old lady and a cat, and some other stuff which felt completely unnecessary and totally dragged the story. Idk, maybe a big chunk of this story is symbolical; which would explain why I didn’t get any of it. YES, not even my adult self gets symbolism.
But anyway, all in all, and despite my many reservations, I still think this is a great story; its reputation certainly precedes it. And any child should probably LOVE it, or any adulescent, capable of overlooking a few things.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
*** The Ugly Duckling (1939)…
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1843] [40p] [Children’s] [2.5] [Conditional Recommendable]
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★★★☆☆ The Little Match Girl [2.5]
★★☆☆☆ The Ugly Duckling [2.5]
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Vaya, ¡Sí Que Puedo Identificarme con ser Feo!
Mamá Pato cuida con amor todos sus huevos y, con el tiempo, un montón de adorables patitos bebés nacen de sus cáscaras; excepto que por alguna extraña razón, uno de ellos destaca entre los demás, un Patito Feo y gris que es muy diferente al resto. Rechazado por sus hermanos, su madre y toda la comunidad animal, el pequeño patito se encuentra completamente perdido y desesperanzado. ¡Oh, no! ¿Qué será de él?
Creo que esta es una gran historia, pero por razones personales no pude disfrutarla mucho.
Primero, aunque nunca lo leí ni vi la película, de alguna manera conocía prácticamente toda la historia y su final. Supongo que una historia infantil difundida masivamente y algo de cultura general inevitablemente hace eso, y creo que la gran mayoría, si no es que todos nosotros, nos alimentaron en nuestra infancia con esta historia, aunque podamos o no recordar exactamente cuándo. Y, desafortunadamente, eso lo hizo demasiado predecible; y ese hermoso e inesperado final, que seguramente me habría dejado asombrado y habría agregado una estrella extra si no lo hubiera conocido, no tuvo sorpresa en absoluto, sabiéndolo de antemano.
Segundo, una cosa sobre la premisa no me convenció del todo. Además, hubo una visita a una cabaña con una anciana y un gato, y algunas otras cosas que parecieron completamente irrelevantes y que alargaron innecesariamente la historia. No sé, tal vez una gran parte de esta historia sea simbólica; lo cual explicaría por qué no entendí nada. Y SÍ, ni siquiera mi yo adulto entiende simbolismo.
Pero en fin, dentro de todo, y a pesar de mis muchas reservas, sigo pensando que ésta es una genial historia; su reputación ciertamente la precede. Y a cualquier niño probablemente la AMARIA, o a cualquier adulescente, capaz de dejar pasar ciertas cosas.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
*** El Patito Feo (1939)…
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1843] [40p] [Niños] [2.5] [Recomendable Condicional]
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September 9, 2023
This is my 37th (thirty-seventh) review of Hans Christian Andersen's stories! Quite extraordinary for an author about whom I feel ambivalent. My ratings vary between 1 and 5 stars.
The Ugly Duckling and other stories for the younger reader by Hans Christian Andersen is an oversize board book with a cloth spine. The book contains 5 of Hans Christian Andersen’s most popular stories, all of which I have reviewed separately. Each title here links to my review of the story:
The Ugly Duckling
The Wild Swans
The Nightingale
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
The Constant Tin Soldier
In addition, my review “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” also contains the images from the front and back inside covers, which are the same in this book. This is a nice vintage book, with a good retelling of the stories. The only drawback is that children today would expect full colour pictures.
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Here are other books in the Hampster Early Readers Series which I have reviewed. Each title links to my review:
The Twelve Dancing Princesses and other stories for the younger reader by the brothers Grimm #31
Christine's Fairy Friends #33
The Dormouse Book by Elizabeth Skottowe #39
The Ugly Duckling and other stories for the younger reader by Hans Christian Andersen is an oversize board book with a cloth spine. The book contains 5 of Hans Christian Andersen’s most popular stories, all of which I have reviewed separately. Each title here links to my review of the story:
The Ugly Duckling
The Wild Swans
The Nightingale
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
The Constant Tin Soldier
In addition, my review “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” also contains the images from the front and back inside covers, which are the same in this book. This is a nice vintage book, with a good retelling of the stories. The only drawback is that children today would expect full colour pictures.
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Here are other books in the Hampster Early Readers Series which I have reviewed. Each title links to my review:
The Twelve Dancing Princesses and other stories for the younger reader by the brothers Grimm #31
Christine's Fairy Friends #33
The Dormouse Book by Elizabeth Skottowe #39
June 25, 2016
I have this story on my Andersen's Fairy Tales but I didn't read it because I had bought the short story on Amazon Kindle.
Was as good as the others Andersen's tales. A short story about self-acceptance.
"They are afraid of me because I am ugly," he said
Was as good as the others Andersen's tales. A short story about self-acceptance.
"They are afraid of me because I am ugly," he said
February 23, 2019
بررسی جوجه اردک زشت از نگاه مدیریتی و روانشناسی
"نگاه مدیریتی"
همه ما قصۀ جوجه اردک زشت، نوشتۀ «هانس کریستین اندرسن» را خواندهایم، داستانِ قو يى زیبا، كه بدليل آنکه از بد حادثه قاطی یک دسته اردک شده بود، به نظر زشت می آمد. بر خلاف آنچه به نظر می رسید او بسيار زیبا بود ولی او در پایان داستان این موضوع را می فهمد، آن هم وقتی که دیگر جوجه نیست و بالغ شده است و در دریاچه ای شنا می کند، مردم زيبايى او را با انگشت به هم نشان می دهند، و او برای اولین بار در انعکاس آب، زیبایی اش را در می یابد.
به نظر میرسد که داستان زندگی خیلی از ما شبیه آن جوجه اردک زشت است و درون هرکدام از ما قوی زیبای منحصر به فردی است که در تقابل با جامعه ای خشن، فردیتش را از دست می دهد و بین اردک ها به فراموشى سپرده می شود.
جوجه اردک بارها زمین می خورد، تحقیر می شود و مردم ریشخندش می کنند. آنها از او انتظار دارند که شکل اردکی باشد که نیست. دردناک تر آن که خودش هم تصویر خود را در آب ندیده است و نمی داند کیست.
دنیا پر است از جوجه اردک های زشتی که هرگز نمی فهمند که اردک نبوده اند:
کارمند های معمولی ای که می توانستند کارگردان موفقی باشند، کارگرانى که می توانستند کارشناس باشند، مدیران ناخوشنودی که باید نقاش یا شاعر می شدند،
حسابدارانی که از ریاضیات متنفرند و می توانستند طراح لباس باشند، زن های خانه داری که می توانستند خلبان هواپیما باشند.
دنیا پر است از کسانی که قهرمان زندگی خود نبوده اند، نشده اند، نتوانسته اند، نفهمیده اند و به هر دلیلی آن چیزی که باید باشند نشده اند.
دنیا پر است از جوجه اردک هایی که عمری را در ناخشنودی و تکرار زندگی می کنند، بدون آنکه تصویر واقعی خود را ببینند... "جوجه اردک زشت درون خود را تبدیل به یک قوی زیبا کنيد"
(مقدمه یکی از کتاب های مدیریتی)
ترجمه:محمد مسعود نخستین
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"نگاه روانشناختی"
"این کتاب از نگاه روانشناسی یونگ هم قابل بررسی هست تحت عنوان "سایه
یونگ کشفی دارد که خیلی ها معتقدند اگر این کشف درست به دنیا معرفی شود، صلحی پایدار در دنیا پدید خواهد آورد بله این کشف نامش سایه است.
اگر به شما بگویند حسود، فضول، احمق، نادان، بیشعور و.... به شما چه حسی دست می دهد.
بله اگر یکی به شما چیزی از این صفاتی که گفتم و حالتان بد شد یا هر صفت دیگری را به شما نسبت دهد و حال تان بد شود مطمئن باشید شما نسبتی با آن صفت دارید و باید حتما برای آن کاری کنید.
یونگ می گوید سایه همین طور در روان ما، همچون یک دشمن جنایتکار ما را تعقیب می کند.
بنابراین صفات بد همیشه همراه ما و در روان ما جای دارند.
یعنی من و شما همیشه یک حسود درون مان داریم، همین طور یک جانی و آدمکش!
واقعا تا حالا برای شما پیش نیامده بخواهید سر به تن کسی نباشد. آن همان جانی آدم کش درون شماست که می خواهد سر به تن فلانی نباشد.
حالا که قانع شدید صفات بد درون شماست. به این صفات بد در روانشناسی یونگ می گوییم " سایه"
متاسفانه سایه را همه انکار می کنند.
ولی رفتار سالم این است که هیچ چیز را ما از روان مان نباید دور بریزیم.
وقتی حسادت سراغ من می آید باید یک مکثی به خودم بدهم و از خود سوال کنم:" چرا الان من به داشتن فلان چیزحسادت میکنم"، "احتمالا من دوست دارم فلان چیز را داشته باشم"، "چرا نرفتم دنبال فلان چیز که آن را داشته باشم"، "احتمالا به خاطر این بوده که من در خودم فلان توانمندی را که برای داشتن فلان چیز نیاز است پرورش ندادم"
تمام شد . کشف شد. سایه به من کمک کرد. حسادتم به من کمک کرد!
من باید فلان کار را انجام بدم و به توانمندیم اضافه کنم
سایه ها کثیف نیستند، آن ها هستند تا ما را راهبری کنند.
جالب هست بدانید که هر ملتی سایه جمعی دارد و اگر نتواند درست این سایه را تشخیص دهد می تواند مصیبت هایی برای دنیا پیش بیاورد. یونگ در دوره خودش متوجه سایه جمعی آلمان ها در زمان ظهور هیتلر شد و طرح این موضوع مشکلاتی را هم برای او ایجاد کرد.
سخن آخر اینکه
سخنان دیگران درباره ما فرصتی طلایی برای شناخت و کشف بهتر خودمان هست
"نگاه مدیریتی"
همه ما قصۀ جوجه اردک زشت، نوشتۀ «هانس کریستین اندرسن» را خواندهایم، داستانِ قو يى زیبا، كه بدليل آنکه از بد حادثه قاطی یک دسته اردک شده بود، به نظر زشت می آمد. بر خلاف آنچه به نظر می رسید او بسيار زیبا بود ولی او در پایان داستان این موضوع را می فهمد، آن هم وقتی که دیگر جوجه نیست و بالغ شده است و در دریاچه ای شنا می کند، مردم زيبايى او را با انگشت به هم نشان می دهند، و او برای اولین بار در انعکاس آب، زیبایی اش را در می یابد.
به نظر میرسد که داستان زندگی خیلی از ما شبیه آن جوجه اردک زشت است و درون هرکدام از ما قوی زیبای منحصر به فردی است که در تقابل با جامعه ای خشن، فردیتش را از دست می دهد و بین اردک ها به فراموشى سپرده می شود.
جوجه اردک بارها زمین می خورد، تحقیر می شود و مردم ریشخندش می کنند. آنها از او انتظار دارند که شکل اردکی باشد که نیست. دردناک تر آن که خودش هم تصویر خود را در آب ندیده است و نمی داند کیست.
دنیا پر است از جوجه اردک های زشتی که هرگز نمی فهمند که اردک نبوده اند:
کارمند های معمولی ای که می توانستند کارگردان موفقی باشند، کارگرانى که می توانستند کارشناس باشند، مدیران ناخوشنودی که باید نقاش یا شاعر می شدند،
حسابدارانی که از ریاضیات متنفرند و می توانستند طراح لباس باشند، زن های خانه داری که می توانستند خلبان هواپیما باشند.
دنیا پر است از کسانی که قهرمان زندگی خود نبوده اند، نشده اند، نتوانسته اند، نفهمیده اند و به هر دلیلی آن چیزی که باید باشند نشده اند.
دنیا پر است از جوجه اردک هایی که عمری را در ناخشنودی و تکرار زندگی می کنند، بدون آنکه تصویر واقعی خود را ببینند... "جوجه اردک زشت درون خود را تبدیل به یک قوی زیبا کنيد"
(مقدمه یکی از کتاب های مدیریتی)
ترجمه:محمد مسعود نخستین
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"نگاه روانشناختی"
"این کتاب از نگاه روانشناسی یونگ هم قابل بررسی هست تحت عنوان "سایه
یونگ کشفی دارد که خیلی ها معتقدند اگر این کشف درست به دنیا معرفی شود، صلحی پایدار در دنیا پدید خواهد آورد بله این کشف نامش سایه است.
اگر به شما بگویند حسود، فضول، احمق، نادان، بیشعور و.... به شما چه حسی دست می دهد.
بله اگر یکی به شما چیزی از این صفاتی که گفتم و حالتان بد شد یا هر صفت دیگری را به شما نسبت دهد و حال تان بد شود مطمئن باشید شما نسبتی با آن صفت دارید و باید حتما برای آن کاری کنید.
یونگ می گوید سایه همین طور در روان ما، همچون یک دشمن جنایتکار ما را تعقیب می کند.
بنابراین صفات بد همیشه همراه ما و در روان ما جای دارند.
یعنی من و شما همیشه یک حسود درون مان داریم، همین طور یک جانی و آدمکش!
واقعا تا حالا برای شما پیش نیامده بخواهید سر به تن کسی نباشد. آن همان جانی آدم کش درون شماست که می خواهد سر به تن فلانی نباشد.
حالا که قانع شدید صفات بد درون شماست. به این صفات بد در روانشناسی یونگ می گوییم " سایه"
متاسفانه سایه را همه انکار می کنند.
ولی رفتار سالم این است که هیچ چیز را ما از روان مان نباید دور بریزیم.
وقتی حسادت سراغ من می آید باید یک مکثی به خودم بدهم و از خود سوال کنم:" چرا الان من به داشتن فلان چیزحسادت میکنم"، "احتمالا من دوست دارم فلان چیز را داشته باشم"، "چرا نرفتم دنبال فلان چیز که آن را داشته باشم"، "احتمالا به خاطر این بوده که من در خودم فلان توانمندی را که برای داشتن فلان چیز نیاز است پرورش ندادم"
تمام شد . کشف شد. سایه به من کمک کرد. حسادتم به من کمک کرد!
من باید فلان کار را انجام بدم و به توانمندیم اضافه کنم
سایه ها کثیف نیستند، آن ها هستند تا ما را راهبری کنند.
جالب هست بدانید که هر ملتی سایه جمعی دارد و اگر نتواند درست این سایه را تشخیص دهد می تواند مصیبت هایی برای دنیا پیش بیاورد. یونگ در دوره خودش متوجه سایه جمعی آلمان ها در زمان ظهور هیتلر شد و طرح این موضوع مشکلاتی را هم برای او ایجاد کرد.
سخن آخر اینکه
سخنان دیگران درباره ما فرصتی طلایی برای شناخت و کشف بهتر خودمان هست
October 16, 2018
His feathers and his beak are the brightest of all.
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I gave it 5 stars because the story touches my soul. I lived the experience of feeling “different” in Catholic school, wanting something but not deserving it ä la a girlfriend. Eventually I’ve realized that I’m better off single!
What matters in life is NOT your identity, but what you do to make a difference. 🤓
April 9, 2020
In my opinion this fairy story shows how society that live in small closed space hates anybody who is different from the members of this society. If you are in the society of stupid ducks they never realize that you are a beautiful noble swan. Therefore, it is important to find people like you are.
March 5, 2021
¡Qué diferente se siente leer este cuento infantil tantos años después!
September 1, 2014
The Ugly Duckling is a classic story apt to impart lessons on morality to children. I got this book at the daily kindle deals for free. I picked this up to read for pleasure and diversion. This tiny forty pages book stimulated some ideas that are expected only from fables, stories and fairy tales.
This is a story about a baby duck that is born out of a huge egg and looks 'ugly'. In few words, the author presents the reaction of its mother who conditioned to appreciate beauty than character is ashamed to accept it. Though, she attempts to protect the duckling but succumbs to constant critical remarks made by the community. The frustrations of a parent over inability to shield the duckling against the social loathing and the shame associated with the ‘ugly’ part of oneself were easy to read between the lines. The duckling moves away from the community, travels distant places, survives all the torments and struggles to find where he belongs. Finally, one day out of shame it looks down in the lake water and finds a beautiful white swan. It is this reflection that fills its heart with happiness. The story ends with two morals: ‘To savor happiness one needs to go through hardships’ and ‘No matter what your past is, your present defines you and determines your future’.
In the entire book, the word ‘ugly’ appeared rather strongly for me. The definitive nature of ‘ugly’ changes when it is used as a ‘Label’. Once labeled, a person is persecuted, detested and constantly reminded of one’s deficits in such a way that the identity of a person solidifies as one of ‘handicap’; becoming a ‘self’ ruptured beyond repair. I would recommend that if you read this story to your little ones, do not just focus on imparting the above mentions lessons from the book, but also impart sensitivity to and appreciation of ‘the differences’ that exist in this world.
A story is an instrument that indulges the reader into a world of fantasy thereby granting insight into the roots of the real problems. This is true for any fiction, but fables, stories and tales are unique owing to their simplicity and because they go beyond the limits of societies, cultures and time periods. For me, reading this book was therapeutic. The other component of the book is the illustrations, which were serene and can add a flavor to reading for children. I recommend this book to both kids and adults alike.
This is a story about a baby duck that is born out of a huge egg and looks 'ugly'. In few words, the author presents the reaction of its mother who conditioned to appreciate beauty than character is ashamed to accept it. Though, she attempts to protect the duckling but succumbs to constant critical remarks made by the community. The frustrations of a parent over inability to shield the duckling against the social loathing and the shame associated with the ‘ugly’ part of oneself were easy to read between the lines. The duckling moves away from the community, travels distant places, survives all the torments and struggles to find where he belongs. Finally, one day out of shame it looks down in the lake water and finds a beautiful white swan. It is this reflection that fills its heart with happiness. The story ends with two morals: ‘To savor happiness one needs to go through hardships’ and ‘No matter what your past is, your present defines you and determines your future’.
In the entire book, the word ‘ugly’ appeared rather strongly for me. The definitive nature of ‘ugly’ changes when it is used as a ‘Label’. Once labeled, a person is persecuted, detested and constantly reminded of one’s deficits in such a way that the identity of a person solidifies as one of ‘handicap’; becoming a ‘self’ ruptured beyond repair. I would recommend that if you read this story to your little ones, do not just focus on imparting the above mentions lessons from the book, but also impart sensitivity to and appreciation of ‘the differences’ that exist in this world.
A story is an instrument that indulges the reader into a world of fantasy thereby granting insight into the roots of the real problems. This is true for any fiction, but fables, stories and tales are unique owing to their simplicity and because they go beyond the limits of societies, cultures and time periods. For me, reading this book was therapeutic. The other component of the book is the illustrations, which were serene and can add a flavor to reading for children. I recommend this book to both kids and adults alike.
April 28, 2016
I've intended to read Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tales and I just had the chance to do it recently. I started with The Ugly Duckling. This is basically how The Ugly Duckling looked like after hatching..
I think it's rather cute, dontcha think? I also think that all creatures look cute when they're little.
Most of you must be familiar with the story. It reminds me of switched at birth situations when the child can't fit in with the new family merely because that child doesn't look like the others within that family. The poor duckling is constantly teased and bullied because everyone thinks he's ugly. What makes it worse is that all the bullying started by his supposedly own folks. How terrible! After a journey of agony and misfortunes he finally gets to know who he really is.. Guess what? What I disliked in the story is that the tormented fellow kinda gives up when everyone is against him. WTH, dude? Man up for God's sake! Screw them all, to hell what they think, but DON'T GIVE UP!
Moral of the story:
The world is such a messed up shallow place. Accept who you are and move on. You never know what the future hides for you.
I think it's rather cute, dontcha think? I also think that all creatures look cute when they're little.
Most of you must be familiar with the story. It reminds me of switched at birth situations when the child can't fit in with the new family merely because that child doesn't look like the others within that family. The poor duckling is constantly teased and bullied because everyone thinks he's ugly. What makes it worse is that all the bullying started by his supposedly own folks. How terrible! After a journey of agony and misfortunes he finally gets to know who he really is.. Guess what? What I disliked in the story is that the tormented fellow kinda gives up when everyone is against him. WTH, dude? Man up for God's sake! Screw them all, to hell what they think, but DON'T GIVE UP!
Moral of the story:
The world is such a messed up shallow place. Accept who you are and move on. You never know what the future hides for you.
March 9, 2018
It was very sad throughout this fairy tale but what a lovely ending
April 13, 2021
As I was searching for a book to read that started with the letter "U" for the A to Z Alphabet Reading Challenge, I came across the free original and uncensored version of "Andersen's Fairy Tales" (c1925), at: http://read.gov/books/ugly_duckling.html which included the "The Ugly Duckling", (first 16 pages), originally published in 1843 in Denmark by Hans Christian Andersen. The other stories included in this book are "The Tin Soldier", "The Princess on the Pea", and "The Fir Tree". I have never heard of these stories before but didn't care for them too much.
The Ugly Duckling is a great little story of persevering through all the ugliness the world has to offer. Except today, with everyone being so darn sensitive, some of the story may not pass muster. At one point when mother duck brings her little ducklings around the barn to introduce them to the other ducks, she tells them to be sure and bow their heads to the oldest duck who was the grandest of them all. The book reads, "She has Spanish blood in her, that is why she is so fat." (ha ha...too funny!)
The only version I ever knew about was Walt Disney's Little Golden Books: The Ugly Duckling, now considered vintage, which I had bought for my kids when they were young. I don't remember if they had "improved" upon the story by then, or not. But, I'm pretty sure you won't find that comment in any of today's versions.
The Ugly Duckling is a great little story of persevering through all the ugliness the world has to offer. Except today, with everyone being so darn sensitive, some of the story may not pass muster. At one point when mother duck brings her little ducklings around the barn to introduce them to the other ducks, she tells them to be sure and bow their heads to the oldest duck who was the grandest of them all. The book reads, "She has Spanish blood in her, that is why she is so fat." (ha ha...too funny!)
The only version I ever knew about was Walt Disney's Little Golden Books: The Ugly Duckling, now considered vintage, which I had bought for my kids when they were young. I don't remember if they had "improved" upon the story by then, or not. But, I'm pretty sure you won't find that comment in any of today's versions.
September 24, 2013
What a heartbreaking story! Who knew that the original characters were so cruel! The Ugly Duckling was physically and mentally abused by his mother, siblings, and all of the other animals on the farm. He ran away, and was mistreated and talked about not because of anything that he could prevent, but just because he was ugly. Talk about self esteem issues! He was afraid to make friends at one point so he became a loner, and didn't bother to fly south with any flock for the winter. He suffered alone, and at the point when the flocks were flying back , he saw a flock of swans. He thought they were most beautiful, and said that he would rather try to be in their circle and they kill him rather than to continue to be tormented by others. When he approached, he found out that they thought that he was the most beautiful among them. He didn't have the confidence to let their compliments go to his head, but truly appreciated the words. He finally found a place to belong. It was a long, hard road, but in the end he found peace, family, love and friends. :)
Just don't expect a lot of pictures with this story. They are sorely lacking.
Just don't expect a lot of pictures with this story. They are sorely lacking.
February 7, 2017
Fantastic
Beautifully illustrated, classic children's tale, with a moral. One of my favorites as a child. Very short story, suitable for reading as a bedtime story.
Originally published in 1843, it's hard to imagine that such a classic children's book is still so easily readable for today's kids; it's values are timeless.
Beautifully illustrated, classic children's tale, with a moral. One of my favorites as a child. Very short story, suitable for reading as a bedtime story.
Originally published in 1843, it's hard to imagine that such a classic children's book is still so easily readable for today's kids; it's values are timeless.
June 3, 2021
One of my favorite stories...
It reminds me my childhood when I used to listen to day by day this wonderful LP.
It's one of my favorite memories...
I felt so sorry about this duck and then a huge surprise in the end.
Every one should read it. I recommend it.
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It reminds me my childhood when I used to listen to day by day this wonderful LP.
It's one of my favorite memories...
I felt so sorry about this duck and then a huge surprise in the end.
Every one should read it. I recommend it.
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