Faced with this ridicule, the Ugly Duckling decides to leave the hut and seek out what he loves most in life. His decision to flee the henyard was a negative choice—he wanted to escape from the pain and anguish that its inhabitants were inflicting upon him. This new decision, however, is not principally about removing himself from a place in which he is unwelcome. Rather, it is a resolve to join something greater than himself that is a source of immense joy. He cannot yet name this something, but he knows it exceeds anything the cat and the hen can claim possession of or are capable of
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