New Podcast- The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

This week's podcast is a reading of The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen.  Andersen was a remarkable story teller.  This is a story that is so ingrained in our collective unconscious.  I know when I was looking for this week's material and I passed over this title I had a passing thought to the effect of, "Right, the one with the duck that thinks he's ugly but then he isn't."  Then I paused over the language of the opening lines and decided to use it as this week's podcast.  I did not plan on doing this story.  It was a happy accident that I stumbled upon it.

It really is a wonderful story although I'm not sure it needs praise from me.  There is such a barrage of terror and mistreatment in the world where the duckling does not belong.  As Mother-Duck says, "The way of the world."  I imagine it's one of those universal stories that speaks to so many people.  I know it speaks to me.

As usual, you can listen to it here:




Or you can go download it for yourself here:
http://www.archive.org/details/ReadingTheClassicsWithPaulMathersPodcast12