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2007 Fairy Tale Anthology -- Author: Robbie -- Loosely based on ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen with elements borrowed from other fairy stories.

ENCOUNTERING THE LOST PRINCE By Robbie Once upon a time in a land far away lived a young lady by the name of Gianetta with her little boy named Victor. Gianetta had never been married and Victor was the result of a short and unfortunate relationship with an unsuitable young man. Gianetta’s father, on finding out that she was pregnant banished her from his house. Victor was an ugly child even from birth and as he became older so the intensity of his ugliness grew. His mother would walk wi