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I know someone who was an ugly duckling in real life. They were bullied, and teased by everyone while growing up. Just because they looked different, and didn't fit what was "normal". Looking at them now, this person turned so beautiful. Some stories are real...
If you want to go into countries Estonia is the ugly duckling (the nerdy girl with glasses that gets picked on) but in reality is a swan (holy shit mode without glasses)
A girl in my middle school kind of fit this mold. She was overweight and had some issues with acne in middle school, but during the summer lost a bunch of weight and found a way to clear up her skin. When we started our first year of high school she was gorgeous. What I loved about her is she was still well aware of all the people who had treated her like shit for years and when guys started noticing her she gave them the cold shoulder. It was fun to watch.
Same for me, I was ugly and bullied as a child but when I hit puberty, I became attractive and everyone wanted to talk to me but I still have the same heart and mentality I always have 😅 it's sad it goes that way though
I wonder if the swan is also a metaphor for trusting your creative instincts. He was discouraged by others who underestimated him but when he began to write and follow his own path he blossomed and made others happy too.
@@theoverunderthinker Andersen came from a very poor background, being raised in the slum, but yet he became a world famous author and one of his countries most respected citizens and national poet. The ugly duckling who turns into a swan is actually a metaphor for himself.
*Moral of the story :* if you've ever been made fun of or neglected *for your appearance,* 💅👱 it might not be that you're ugly, but rather that *you're just different.* If you accept your difference, you'll surely shine someday.
The one that needs to see you for the swan that you are is noneother than yourself. If you can't acknowledge your beauty, don't expect others to. It all starts and ends with you.
He wasn't officially named, that cygnet/swan, but I first remember him being referred to as "Quill" like it was his name. And it fits like a glove! Swans are known to be as both tough and ferocious as they are striking.
At age 30, I actually only recently got interested in the original fairytales some stories from my childhood are based on, and the history behind them, but I'm glad I did. I think it's interesting to learn why we have all these stories that we take for granted (along with the Disney counterparts for many of them), what the original source material is, and why these stories were told in the first place. It...actually makes the stories that much more interesting for me. That and the internet ruined my childhood ages ago.
Bruh your profile name gives it away but who cares I thought so too but that's just because I like ducks, and don't look down on me, I am still the vanishing dragon, I have not gone soft hearted
Sadly this thing happens quite a lot in the bird kingdom. Years ago one of our hens hatched mostly white chicks, but one was black. She HATED it and kept pecking his head. She would have killed it eventually. We didn't know what to do. My aunt even put a bit of flour on it to make it white, but no use his mom chased him even more. Grandma came with the right solution (weird, but it worked) : she gave the hen a drop of brandy. As the hen was all dizzy and mellow, we put the chick under her. She accepted the poor chick from then on. I still have no explanation for the hen's strange rejection.
@@ZitaM242 a circus prefomer gave their circus ape alchohol so it could somehow precorm better, the ape then got lost from the circus, knocked on someones door, they opened up, the ape came in, and drank all the alchohol
My alternate ending: He goes back to where he came from and showed everyone what he had turned into and what they rejected and abused. The birds gazed upon the beauty that stood in front of them and begged him to live with them again. As much as the he wanted to be in his family again, he realized all the abuse and doubt that his family gave him and that they only wanted him back because he was an elegant swan. The swan denied their request and said,”A real family loves their own no matter what; you only give love to those that are pretty and beautiful, I don’t want to be in a family who only loves me because I’m not ugly.” With those final words he left the bird family in to think of what they have done as he fly’s away into the unknown to live a peaceful life. Did you like the alternate ending? If so I’m happy to hear that. I’m sorry if I didn’t use properly writing in the story but I hope that doesn’t matter and that you like the ending anyway.
Isn't this how Disney's version played out? Or whoever made it into an animated movie. He didn't necessarily have words as I recollect it. But he did grace all those before with his presence and they saw what became of him.
I read this story to the family for bedtime once. My husband was almost in tears while reading it... The animals treated that duckling so badly, I am wondering how this even passed as a bed time tale for kids.
@Mr Pool Actually no. He is the sensitive one out of the two of us. I didn't even cry when I was giving birth... With was about 48 hours per kid. Sorry, but not everyone fits stereotypes...
Maybe to teach kids to not be assholes? Nobody wants to hear their kid is the one being 'Uggo" but I would just as mad if my kids had anything to do with being a bully. Its important to teach kids to idk not be assholes to someone just because they are different from themselves. Or to.make themselves feel better. Idk. Juat my two cents. I see your point. I see some movies now that I watch as a kid and I'm like I played this for my nephews? Haha example: the Brave Little Toaster ...
The thing that really gets me is that, this is the exact story that I grew up being told. I didn't realise there was watered down versions of this story until I was about mid teens and it surprises me how much story is taken out.
I remember watching a short cartoon based on this tale. It ends slightly differently in the sense that Uggo is still a baby by the end of it. That's because at one point, a mother swan and her children find him and the mom ends up accepting him. It was one of the first times I cried tears of joy because it was so heartwarming. At the time I was being bullied myself so this story and ending really hit home.
@@GrassPotati That was definitely the Disney version,which toned down the original story having the ugly duckling realize he was a baby swan after a day instead of a year. Disney has always softened fairy tales that way.
I literally thought you said “Her cat, Chicken” like her cats *NAME* was Chicken... I gotta stop watching these tired 💕😂 also poor uggo, I thought you said poor Eggo. What is listening?
Coming up I attended mainly Caucasian schools....I would get the questions about my behind being large, do I put Crisco in my hair, how did my eyes get light since I’m black...this is coming from students and teachers. I used to be SO ashamed about my uniform skirts being so high in the back and hanging low in the front because of my behind...I was called ugly until I became a Senior in high school... This effected me for a very long time. However, looking back in my year books etc...I was so beautiful! My hair, my skin, my eyes, my voluptuous behind...the truth was (which I found out at class reunions) they were jealous. I wore my hair different ways, I was shapely and lovely because my attitude still remained kind. I tell my daughter of these stories so she will know...My sweet one, it’s not you, it’s them. Their standard of beauty does NOT come melanated....but it’s alright...your hair, lips, eyes, thighs, behind ALL made by God and PERFECT❤️
Leslie Martinez your comment is making me cry. No lie. I’m so sorry you got teased. And I’m so impressed you remained beautiful inside as well. That couldn’t have been easy.
Trash Animations but who made ur mom and dad? Who made your grandparents? Who made your great grandparents? (Etc) It keeps going until the first person was made..... who made the first person? God, there you go
Honestly, I always felt for the ugly ducking. I could relate when I was a kid. I was tall, unruly frizzy curly hair, and a chin that stuck out. My mom has straight hair so she never knew how to deal with mine. When I was in junior high I was already 5'11, and there were boys and girls that used to follow me around calling me ugly and telling me I would never get a boyfriend because of how ugly I was. Home life wasn't much better. I wasn't very good at school and had unmedicated ADHD. Homework was horrible to get through. My stepdad used to call me useless and stupid because of it. In the middle of high school I got huge boobs and I finally started growing into my facial features and it was weird to get noticed by men (not boys. Older men in their 20s had a thing for me because I was so tall.) So that caused a lot of confusion for me, and because of that I was easily manipulated. I'm 29 now and finally learned to love myself and see myself as beautiful. My husband is a wonderful man (only 3 years older than me) and we have 3 amazing kids together. I was an ugly duckling. I'll never forget that.
Some baby birds before they get any fluffy feathers do look rather ugly. Particularly if they get their first feathers in patches like baby parrots. They're in the class of being so ugly, they are cute.🐣
I was thinking about baby pigeons when he said every baby bird is cute. I'm thinking...um no. Baby pigeons are so ugly haha. I quote like them fully grown though.
If you have seen the Disney Silly Symphony short (1931 and 1939 especially), you see how the story turns the emotion to it. The 1939 short is very emotional, very accurate to the story with another kind of beautiful ending. Instead of growing up, he actually belong to the swan family. It brought the tears to me every time.
This story is more true than people want to believe. The amount of indifference and cruelty people have toward others that are considered less attractive is staggering and often subtle.
Anderson's distinction was that he brought literacy and authorship to the tales he chose to retell. He went beyond translating old fireside folklore to the page and brought his own descriptions, characterization, & themes to the material. This sets him apart from the likes of the Grimms & Perrault. He also laced original gems like "Ugly Duckling" into the rep - furthering him as an artist rather than transcriber.
R/B The Toku Hufflepuff I don't know whether to love you or hate you from posting this comment XD JD took it too seriously when veronica said set this dump ablaze so yea don't know whether I should love or hate you for this but I'm choosing to love you XDD I love Heathers so much !!!XD
I love these! Hans, Mother G. and the Grimm Bros.' tales and poems were a staple (although watered down a bit-LOT) as a kid and Uggo here was one of my favorites, the perfect glow-up!
There was a popular fan theory for the show Once Upon A Time, that the main character, Emma Swan was The Ugly Duckling. Every character but her and her son Henry had a fairy tale or folk tale counter identity. The writers would say that they were only characters without one. But eventually they wrote it into the show, confirming it towards the end, because it so well. Not because she was mistreated fro being ugly, but grew up, lonely not knowing who she really was. She finds out that she's Snow White and Charming's daughter, therefore a princess but also "The Savior" everyone form her land has been waiting for. Also, throughout the course of the show she finds out who she is as a person, and always was deep down all along. That and and her last name was "Swan" after all. :)
FINALLY I'M PART OF THE GOAL LIKERS! I recently watched your video and whenever you said that you hope of 3k or 5k likes, it's always past 10k likes when I like the video.
I sure forgot the lil thing was a swan until you finished it lol but I love this story so much cause it really is relatable for those who are bullied and go through hardships throughout life to know that eventually the bad doesn’t last forever
I love how you pull science, psychology, and whatever other measurable intelligencia are relevant into your delivery of your messed up origins. Thank you for the time and effort you put into researching these literary gems, and for explaining them in such a relatable fashion.
I sort of feel like the Ugly Duckling 🦢 at my school, I’ve had to deal with a kinda mean teacher and I have groups of kids who make mean jokes out of weird words I say. So I really relate to Uggo. Side note, thanks for calling him Uggo, it makes him feel so cute.
*The ironic thing about shrek is that people make fun of this slug eatin mud bathin big boy burpin hooman scarin troll marryin gun slingin saloon savin duel doin revolver shootin bean slingin cow punchin snake oilin hat wearin stupid walkin el vibrato beatin spooky eatin green cowboy for being the most disgusting ugly green tootin hootin shootin troll while the moral of shrek is that you shouldn't judge people on their cover.*
I became every emotional when I heard about this story. It reminds me so much of my elementary years when I was bullied by other students because they judged me before they even know me
I have a children's book with HC Anderson. I'm Danish, only found your channel today. And I have not known any other version than this... This version is in 2 books I have. Along with the original snow queen and The little mermaid.... This story has always been inspirering to me and I got an B+ analysing it for my Danish Exam
I remember all of this as that was the version that my parents read to me as a child. We had a big book of Hans Christian Andersens stories. My favorite story by Hans Christian Andersen was and still is The snow queen and yes I heard the full original as a child.
@@detested2022 My favorite Fairytales are Red Riding Hood Goldilocks and The Three Bears The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs and The Wolf and The Seven Kids.
Enjoyed this videoI liked that Hans shared his own story through the book. Its sad what he went through. I'm glad he didn't give up his dream of writing.
Schools are always like that, past and present. Either your considered unpopular and are constantly teased, or are popular and have many 'friends'. Not real friends, most popular people I've seen find out the hard way after they graduate that their friends only hung out with them because they were popular. Suggestion: Home school your kids, they don't need to go through that shit.
John Solo If you can find any information about The Gingerbread Man that no one knows about. You should do a messed up origins video of that tale if you find anything.
I own a movie of Hans Christian Anderson’s stories. I used to watch it all the time when I was younger. The Ugly Duckling was the very first story and I remember it being so sad. Then there was one about a mouse and sausage, can’t really remember what it was called, but there were plenty good stories in this movie.
When I was a kid I always related to this story, it was my absolute favourite of all of his fairy tales. I related to the ugly duckling and all my life had hope that one day I could be a swan. As I grew up and garnered both experience and wisdom, I’ve realized that all of us are swans, just some of us don’t know it, or don’t want to believe it. There something beautiful about everything unique and beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. :)
Yikes, this tale hit home for me tbh... I've always had issues with my body but I realize that body image doesn't matter looks-wise... I just want to be healthy, and I will never let people get to me for being a bit chubby...
After watching several of your videos, I'm starting to realize that the two huge storybooks my grandma read me and my sister were filled with Brothers Grimm stories that just had really childish illustrations, not the sugar-coated Disney books
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Jon Solo How was ur Valentines Day?
You’re vids are great
This one was probably my favorite 😊
Jon Solo yay!!! 🙇
Please make a video about JACK AND THE GIANT BEANSTALK!!!!
Well as the quote from Mulan says "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all"
Jessica Moy yes girl!
Jessica Moy yasssssss girlll
Jessica Moy yessssssssss girl!
Jessica Moy Yesssssssssssssssssss gurl
@@margauxmadman Yes Girl!
I know someone who was an ugly duckling in real life. They were bullied, and teased by everyone while growing up. Just because they looked different, and didn't fit what was "normal". Looking at them now, this person turned so beautiful. Some stories are real...
Good for her I am proud
If you want to go into countries Estonia is the ugly duckling (the nerdy girl with glasses that gets picked on) but in reality is a swan (holy shit mode without glasses)
A girl in my middle school kind of fit this mold. She was overweight and had some issues with acne in middle school, but during the summer lost a bunch of weight and found a way to clear up her skin. When we started our first year of high school she was gorgeous. What I loved about her is she was still well aware of all the people who had treated her like shit for years and when guys started noticing her she gave them the cold shoulder. It was fun to watch.
Same for me, I was ugly and bullied as a child but when I hit puberty, I became attractive and everyone wanted to talk to me but I still have the same heart and mentality I always have 😅 it's sad it goes that way though
Alice Dubois thanks
The chicken and the cat remind me of the saying "don't gauge a fish's intelligence by how it can climb a tree.
This isn't anything Like Lilo Discribe
Einstein quote. I love it.
Everette Bradfute “gauge”
What different ways can you climb a tree?
Well the duck reminds me of the saying “A duck bearing green leeks”
I wonder if the swan is also a metaphor for trusting your creative instincts. He was discouraged by others who underestimated him but when he began to write and follow his own path he blossomed and made others happy too.
Anderson be like: YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER
I took it as Hans got some money so people liked him.
@@theoverunderthinker Andersen came from a very poor background, being raised in the slum, but yet he became a world famous author and one of his countries most respected citizens and national poet. The ugly duckling who turns into a swan is actually a metaphor for himself.
"A tactic sorority girls still used to this day* XD
LOL
*Moral of the story :* if you've ever been made fun of or neglected *for your appearance,* 💅👱 it might not be that you're ugly, but rather that *you're just different.* If you accept your difference, you'll surely shine someday.
The one that needs to see you for the swan that you are is noneother than yourself. If you can't acknowledge your beauty, don't expect others to. It all starts and ends with you.
Yeah but he only became beautiful after he grew up
Brianna Gibbs the morals is if your ugly no one loves you, even yourself. Seriously a shitty moral.
K
Boi you have no idea about me😢😢😢
"...and it's way harsher than I remember."😢
A few Minutes later...
"...call him Uggo from now on...and I think it's funny."😏
hey man, the name Uggo is cute af! My buddy has a pet pig that's so ugly it's cute... so he named it "Ugly" and calls him "Ug". I like that nickname
@@JonSolo Well true, can't argue with that. I just found the setup funny.
Uggo is a very cute name.
He wasn't officially named, that cygnet/swan, but I first remember him being referred to as "Quill" like it was his name. And it fits like a glove! Swans are known to be as both tough and ferocious as they are striking.
@@BridaUlv But nowhere near as suitable as "Quill".
"The ugly duckling" was a beautiful story because it explains alot of people's lives today
Bangtan's Wifeu you forgot to put #relatable at the end of your sentence
@@yoshi8168 ......I can't relate tho
Ye me too, that's why I nuked Hope County
Nizzy Babyyy because you haven’t got ur glow up or u were born glowed up?
I just need my glow up
As a disabled kid I really loved this story. Well, the shorter versions of it lol
A Random Person Online Ok
Actually, it’s 3
@@byeyangeecrack867 trynna gets likes
Same. I'm also disabled.
"Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died, the end"
-A famous man once said.
I’m ugly and I’m proud!
Bruh why does that sound so familiar
No it's patrick
That didn’t help at all! 😭
Patrick star
You ruined my childhood but made my adulthood better.
At age 30, I actually only recently got interested in the original fairytales some stories from my childhood are based on, and the history behind them, but I'm glad I did. I think it's interesting to learn why we have all these stories that we take for granted (along with the Disney counterparts for many of them), what the original source material is, and why these stories were told in the first place. It...actually makes the stories that much more interesting for me. That and the internet ruined my childhood ages ago.
Same
Moral if you ugly you will have a good glow up
:D
Wut
I always thought the "ugly duckling" was adorable.
I know!He looks adorable
PrincessCelestia19 you're profile says it all
Bruh your profile name gives it away but who cares I thought so too but that's just because I like ducks, and don't look down on me, I am still the vanishing dragon, I have not gone soft hearted
Same
Same
Sadly this thing happens quite a lot in the bird kingdom. Years ago one of our hens hatched mostly white chicks, but one was black. She HATED it and kept pecking his head. She would have killed it eventually. We didn't know what to do. My aunt even put a bit of flour on it to make it white, but no use his mom chased him even more. Grandma came with the right solution (weird, but it worked) : she gave the hen a drop of brandy. As the hen was all dizzy and mellow, we put the chick under her. She accepted the poor chick from then on.
I still have no explanation for the hen's strange rejection.
Luckily real parents don't do that
Oh, but they do.
She was jealous it could say the N-word
woahh that's wild
@@ZitaM242 a circus prefomer gave their circus ape alchohol so it could somehow precorm better, the ape then got lost from the circus, knocked on someones door, they opened up, the ape came in, and drank all the alchohol
Everyone: **Childhood ruined**
Me who had the book when i was 4:
*Pathetic.*
if you are a dane, you almost pop out of the womb with a collection of his stories in your hands :'D
Me, a person who's benn read original grimm's fairytales and hans christian anderson stories with pictures: *laughs in class*
KiddoOverload They aren’t tattooed on you at birth, so you will always remember and have something to read if you have a mirror!
Yeah I had a fully illustrated version of this story as a kid.
SAME
My alternate ending: He goes back to where he came from and showed everyone what he had turned into and what they rejected and abused.
The birds gazed upon the beauty that stood in front of them and begged him to live with them again.
As much as the he wanted to be in his family again, he realized all the abuse and doubt that his family gave him and that they only wanted him back because he was an elegant swan.
The swan denied their request and said,”A real family loves their own no matter what; you only give love to those that are pretty and beautiful, I don’t want to be in a family who only loves me because I’m not ugly.”
With those final words he left the bird family in to think of what they have done as he fly’s away into the unknown to live a peaceful life.
Did you like the alternate ending? If so I’m happy to hear that. I’m sorry if I didn’t use properly writing in the story but I hope that doesn’t matter and that you like the ending anyway.
I love the effort in this alternative ending
sweetycheeks thank you so much
so beautiful 😢 ty for making this I love it
This ending is actually perfect
Isn't this how Disney's version played out? Or whoever made it into an animated movie. He didn't necessarily have words as I recollect it. But he did grace all those before with his presence and they saw what became of him.
“So long as you don’t marry into our family, we won’t have a problem with you”...sounds the thoughts of my bf’s dad and stepmom
I can't believe that even a hunting dog refused to eat a duck just because of its "ugliness".
Well predators are known to avoid sickly looking prey cuz they might get sick from eating it. So it makes sense
@@sandywolfr26 The dog didn't even thought of getting any disease if it eats the duckling, it just didn't because of the latter's ugliness.
kirby march barcena if something at first glance didn’t look right, hence the duckling being ugly, the predator won’t eat it.
@@sandywolfr26 seems the best defense in this story
well its kinda good since then the ducko or well uggo as his nickname didnt die
I read this story to the family for bedtime once. My husband was almost in tears while reading it... The animals treated that duckling so badly, I am wondering how this even passed as a bed time tale for kids.
@Mr Pool Actually no. He is the sensitive one out of the two of us. I didn't even cry when I was giving birth... With was about 48 hours per kid. Sorry, but not everyone fits stereotypes...
@@alicedubois1348 i think because like cinderella the ugly duckling gets a happy ending
I Think I Remember Something About it was not Writting as a story for kids
that duckling was as a swan.. He wasn't an duck an all
Maybe to teach kids to not be assholes? Nobody wants to hear their kid is the one being 'Uggo" but I would just as mad if my kids had anything to do with being a bully. Its important to teach kids to idk not be assholes to someone just because they are different from themselves. Or to.make themselves feel better.
Idk.
Juat my two cents. I see your point. I see some movies now that I watch as a kid and I'm like I played this for my nephews? Haha
example: the Brave Little Toaster ...
He went to the shanty and asked the woman, runnin' the shanty, "Hey, got any grapes?"
The thing that really gets me is that, this is the exact story that I grew up being told. I didn't realise there was watered down versions of this story until I was about mid teens and it surprises me how much story is taken out.
I remember watching a short cartoon based on this tale. It ends slightly differently in the sense that Uggo is still a baby by the end of it. That's because at one point, a mother swan and her children find him and the mom ends up accepting him. It was one of the first times I cried tears of joy because it was so heartwarming. At the time I was being bullied myself so this story and ending really hit home.
Zodia195 is that the Disney one you’re talking about?
@@GrassPotati That was definitely the Disney version,which toned down the original story having the ugly duckling realize he was a baby swan after a day instead of a year. Disney has always softened fairy tales that way.
Richard Ranke That’s what I figured
Omg, I saw this before
THANK YOU DISNEY
My childhood was improved
A furry
Sweet alien67 OH WOW A DISCOVERY CONGRATULATIONS- is that what you wanted?
I don't remeber things so like no
Not improved
The Ugly Duckling is a deeper story than I first believed.
I literally thought you said “Her cat, Chicken” like her cats *NAME* was Chicken... I gotta stop watching these tired 💕😂 also poor uggo, I thought you said poor Eggo. What is listening?
I thought the same!
Same
I thought that the cat was named chicken because the woman was blind
@@abigsillay5226 she was half blind I think
Same lol
Same
Uggo: Hello!!
Everbody: Your The Most Hideous Thing!
**1 YEAR LATER**
Everbody: Your So **Beautiful!!** Whats You're Name?
Uggo: **Evil Grin** Uggo!!
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John solo on a Friday great way to start the weekend
have a great weekend, buddy :)
Hold up its Friday? I’ve just realised i’ve done nothing with my week
Yeah this made my day great.
It's nearly sunday where Ilive
yey
OMG THE LONG LOST BROTHER OF HAN SOLO!
Jon and Han. Huh.
Coming up I attended mainly Caucasian schools....I would get the questions about my behind being large, do I put Crisco in my hair, how did my eyes get light since I’m black...this is coming from students and teachers. I used to be SO ashamed about my uniform skirts being so high in the back and hanging low in the front because of my behind...I was called ugly until I became a Senior in high school... This effected me for a very long time. However, looking back in my year books etc...I was so beautiful! My hair, my skin, my eyes, my voluptuous behind...the truth was (which I found out at class reunions) they were jealous. I wore my hair different ways, I was shapely and lovely because my attitude still remained kind. I tell my daughter of these stories so she will know...My sweet one, it’s not you, it’s them. Their standard of beauty does NOT come melanated....but it’s alright...your hair, lips, eyes, thighs, behind ALL made by God and PERFECT❤️
Leslie Martinez your comment is making me cry. No lie. I’m so sorry you got teased. And I’m so impressed you remained beautiful inside as well. That couldn’t have been easy.
Leslie Martinez 💜💜💜🤧
I was made by my mom and dad, not god, but ok.
Trash Animations but who made ur mom and dad? Who made your grandparents? Who made your great grandparents? (Etc)
It keeps going until the first person was made..... who made the first person?
God, there you go
@@imJJ132 Which one?
Honestly, I always felt for the ugly ducking. I could relate when I was a kid. I was tall, unruly frizzy curly hair, and a chin that stuck out. My mom has straight hair so she never knew how to deal with mine. When I was in junior high I was already 5'11, and there were boys and girls that used to follow me around calling me ugly and telling me I would never get a boyfriend because of how ugly I was. Home life wasn't much better. I wasn't very good at school and had unmedicated ADHD. Homework was horrible to get through. My stepdad used to call me useless and stupid because of it. In the middle of high school I got huge boobs and I finally started growing into my facial features and it was weird to get noticed by men (not boys. Older men in their 20s had a thing for me because I was so tall.) So that caused a lot of confusion for me, and because of that I was easily manipulated. I'm 29 now and finally learned to love myself and see myself as beautiful. My husband is a wonderful man (only 3 years older than me) and we have 3 amazing kids together. I was an ugly duckling. I'll never forget that.
I am so sorry for what you had to go through. And I am so happy and glad that you grew up to be happy. You deserve it
"All birds are adorable!"
So true...
Baby pigeons
Baby Shelves
Baby pigeons are pretty hard on the eyes and I like pigeons and doves.
Some baby birds before they get any fluffy feathers do look rather ugly. Particularly if they get their first feathers in patches like baby parrots. They're in the class of being so ugly, they are cute.🐣
So, Uggo was mistaken for a duckling and considered ugly cause he was different. But then, BOOM, he was a swan the whole time. I love that.
I thought the duckling never had a name
You seen a baby pigeon? Whoo boy they are. . . interesting.
Baby parrots as well. So ugly they're cute lol.
Daaaarg, they're very messed!
And delicious.
@@blobbertmcblob4888 nope just ugly
I was thinking about baby pigeons when he said every baby bird is cute. I'm thinking...um no. Baby pigeons are so ugly haha. I quote like them fully grown though.
If you have seen the Disney Silly Symphony short (1931 and 1939 especially), you see how the story turns the emotion to it. The 1939 short is very emotional, very accurate to the story with another kind of beautiful ending. Instead of growing up, he actually belong to the swan family. It brought the tears to me every time.
“Mama Duck is a little surprised at her new, ugly son” I died 😂 😂 😂
At the end when he bowed his head and said "Kill me" I teared up
Love ruining my childhood
Actually, it's not ruining mine... Must be because now I know why Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fable about bullying.
I didn't have a good one so I'm use to it! 👍😎
Aidan Humphrey masochistic but true 😂
Yeah we love it guess what i do in my free time
This story is more true than people want to believe. The amount of indifference and cruelty people have toward others that are considered less attractive is staggering and often subtle.
Anderson's distinction was that he brought literacy and authorship to the tales he chose to retell. He went beyond translating old fireside folklore to the page and brought his own descriptions, characterization, & themes to the material. This sets him apart from the likes of the Grimms & Perrault. He also laced original gems like "Ugly Duckling" into the rep - furthering him as an artist rather than transcriber.
Wilhelm Grimm and Perault absolutely brought their own style and themes to their stories
To quote Anderson, “Life is the most beautiful fairy tale.”
"And when you look at him at the angle he's actually not that ugly"
Okay, me
The Ugly Duckling was one of my favourite childhood stories. You got me interested already.
Mine as well, had a beautiful pen illustrated book of it. Although, like Jon, I didn't remember everyone being so cruel.
The Ending of the story basically:
AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIFE COULD BE BEAUTIFUL! YOU HOPE, YOU DREAM, YOU PRAY, AND YOU GET YOUR WAY!
R/B The Toku Hufflepuff I don't know whether to love you or hate you from posting this comment XD JD took it too seriously when veronica said set this dump ablaze so yea don't know whether I should love or hate you for this but I'm choosing to love you XDD I love Heathers so much !!!XD
Ask me how it feels looking like hell on wheels. My God, it's beautiful! And when you're beautiful It's a beautiful frickin' day!
Musicals are getting really popular lately
Really?
R/B The Toku Hufflepuff Omg i love heathers!! I was so happy when i found this comment!
I love these! Hans, Mother G. and the Grimm Bros.' tales and poems were a staple (although watered down a bit-LOT) as a kid and Uggo here was one of my favorites, the perfect glow-up!
There was a popular fan theory for the show Once Upon A Time, that the main character, Emma Swan was The Ugly Duckling. Every character but her and her son Henry had a fairy tale or folk tale counter identity. The writers would say that they were only characters without one. But eventually they wrote it into the show, confirming it towards the end, because it so well. Not because she was mistreated fro being ugly, but grew up, lonely not knowing who she really was. She finds out that she's Snow White and Charming's daughter, therefore a princess but also "The Savior" everyone form her land has been waiting for. Also, throughout the course of the show she finds out who she is as a person, and always was deep down all along. That and and her last name was "Swan" after all. :)
Person:So are you gonna right a autobiography?
Hans Christian Andersan:I already did. The ugly duckling.
Me: :O he's a duck!
@@florabuhl9018 It was a joke also you're grammar is like the grammar of a caveman
Too bad they didn't have facial reconstruction back then
hey ur the guy from comment awards
If only, Anderson would've been happier with life
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Or really just the guy who's _everywhere._ :D
Get some help
The kardashians could never
I'm playing the ugly Duckling in the school musical.this is helping me get into the mindset of my character. Thank you.
Virginia Shelton damn they didn’t have to do you like that.
@@bubbainc-k6u it was actually really fun. We were doing shrek the musical and I got to say a couple really fun lines and fall over a lot.
We’re doing Honk: the ugly duckling: the musical
Virginia Shelton good for you!
Good luck to your musical and you so lucky i've never been the character who is the star :(:
Me: *swims over casually to other birds minding their own business*
Birds: "C-can we help you...?"
Me: *KiLl mE*
8:35 I know this was supposed to be sad because this story hit me with the feels but I died when he told them to kill him
That sounds like me as a kid, bullied, beaten, made a laughing stock. My childhood was horrible at best, thank you.
Ahmar Wolf I’m so sorry.
Am sooooo sorry.😭😭
I am so sorry.
You're welcome! Wait wha-
@Carlos Domenech salty?
Hans Christian Anderson had issues. Deep issues.
Deep parent issues?
FINALLY I'M PART OF THE GOAL LIKERS! I recently watched your video and whenever you said that you hope of 3k or 5k likes, it's always past 10k likes when I like the video.
Gadis Rima Astari me too lol 🙏
thanks for liking! :)
This was one of my favorites stories growing up, a lot of life lessons. ❤️
I sure forgot the lil thing was a swan until you finished it lol but I love this story so much cause it really is relatable for those who are bullied and go through hardships throughout life to know that eventually the bad doesn’t last forever
Dude I'm so glad you're getting sponsors and moving up... You definitely deserve it!
Hey thanks m8 :)
This story always made me cry. Thank you John. Have a great day.
Was there anything messed up about the ant and the grasshopper? If there is, would you be willing to do a video about it?
I love how you pull science, psychology, and whatever other measurable intelligencia are relevant into your delivery of your messed up origins. Thank you for the time and effort you put into researching these literary gems, and for explaining them in such a relatable fashion.
6:19 nah he didn’t find a shanty house, he found the weasleys house😂
good one
Oh snap was not expecting a video today :O nice
I sort of feel like the Ugly Duckling 🦢 at my school, I’ve had to deal with a kinda mean teacher and I have groups of kids who make mean jokes out of weird words I say. So I really relate to Uggo. Side note, thanks for calling him Uggo, it makes him feel so cute.
Hey! I hope you know that you are beautiful as you are, and the people who make fun of you are just sad and pathetic. ❤
@Davis Villanueva lol
Maggie Hydeck me too, don’t worry they be mean to you u be mean back. That’s how I get through it
I kinda hate having my childhood ruined. But at the same time...I love it😁
No the moral is don’t judge people because they look different be nice and kind and don’t kick people that’s the moral
Vivian Roman No I punt everybody like footballs
*The ironic thing about shrek is that people make fun of this slug eatin mud bathin big boy burpin hooman scarin troll marryin gun slingin saloon savin duel doin revolver shootin bean slingin cow punchin snake oilin hat wearin stupid walkin el vibrato beatin spooky eatin green cowboy for being the most disgusting ugly green tootin hootin shootin troll while the moral of shrek is that you shouldn't judge people on their cover.*
I became every emotional when I heard about this story. It reminds me so much of my elementary years when I was bullied by other students because they judged me before they even know me
"He bows his head and literally says *'Kill Me'* "
why did I laugh at this? It was just unexpected and I laughed.
The author of the ugly duckling has a sense of humor
"Kill me"
100% got that like for standing up to bird bullies 👊🏼👍🏼
He bowed his head and said "kill me"
that hit me harder than i expected to the point I chuckled a Little
The most beautiful origin story yet by far! Way to go Author.
Yeah litle reallity check swans are not just big they are said to be so strong they can break a mans arm so not a very good target for a bully
Can you start doing "Mother Goose" stories. I know alot of them are dark and morbid.
I actually left another video to click on yours!
I have a children's book with HC Anderson. I'm Danish, only found your channel today. And I have not known any other version than this...
This version is in 2 books I have. Along with the original snow queen and The little mermaid....
This story has always been inspirering to me and I got an B+ analysing it for my Danish Exam
This story made me think,you don’t have to be like everyone else just to be excepted and it reminds me of my childhood
I remember all of this as that was the version that my parents read to me as a child. We had a big book of Hans Christian Andersens stories. My favorite story by Hans Christian Andersen was and still is The snow queen and yes I heard the full original as a child.
Can you do a messed up origins on Tinkerbell?
That's a good one. Well idea, don't believe i saw that video on his page.
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My favorite Fairytales are Red Riding Hood Goldilocks and The Three Bears The Wolf and The Three Little Pigs and The Wolf and The Seven Kids.
Jon Solo: There is more to the story then you know...
Me: *Say sike right now.*
Food Lady: *Kicks ugly duckling*
Me: *Drop kicks the lady*
Enjoyed this videoI liked that Hans shared his own story through the book. Its sad what he went through. I'm glad he didn't give up his dream of writing.
Schools are always like that, past and present. Either your considered unpopular and are constantly teased, or are popular and have many 'friends'. Not real friends, most popular people I've seen find out the hard way after they graduate that their friends only hung out with them because they were popular. Suggestion: Home school your kids, they don't need to go through that shit.
Who here are part of the solo Fam 🤘😂 that immediately click the video as soon it was uploaded?
John Solo
If you can find any information about The Gingerbread Man that no one knows about. You should do a messed up origins video of that tale if you find anything.
I click on your videos so quickly 😂❤️
Me too 0views 0 likes haha
@@killapicklepiratepanda7373 thats how we know we're early. or have an obsession
ThePark 0627 exactly lol
Don't we all
I own a movie of Hans Christian Anderson’s stories. I used to watch it all the time when I was younger. The Ugly Duckling was the very first story and I remember it being so sad. Then there was one about a mouse and sausage, can’t really remember what it was called, but there were plenty good stories in this movie.
When I was a kid I always related to this story, it was my absolute favourite of all of his fairy tales. I related to the ugly duckling and all my life had hope that one day I could be a swan. As I grew up and garnered both experience and wisdom, I’ve realized that all of us are swans, just some of us don’t know it, or don’t want to believe it. There something beautiful about everything unique and beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. :)
For the first time in my life I am early for a Jon Solo video
wtf was that?
"well if you look at the right angle he´s cute"
Me: I’m just gonna watch this
Also me: I just watched a children’sstory
Beautiful story. Amazingly delivered Mr Solo 🙏🏾
Ugly duckling is not creepy, it is really beautiful and wise story about accepting yourself for who you are.
Yikes, this tale hit home for me tbh... I've always had issues with my body but I realize that body image doesn't matter looks-wise... I just want to be healthy, and I will never let people get to me for being a bit chubby...
IT'S DOG HUNT NOW CHILDHOOD IS SO ENDING 6:06
"A tactic sorority girls still use up to this day". Yup... I'm subscribing 😂❤
After watching several of your videos, I'm starting to realize that the two huge storybooks my grandma read me and my sister were filled with Brothers Grimm stories that just had really childish illustrations, not the sugar-coated Disney books
I really hate bullying and I admire those people that puts up with it and keeps moving on finding everyday who they are
"Kill me." -Uggo the Swan
Messed up origins of the story I used to relate to child... and still relate to as an adult😅🙁
"People who are the ugliest, have the kindest heart. People with the prettiest faces, have the darkest heart."
So......
Gold diggers in a nutshell?
Laughs in Asami is a beautiful queen
I remember when I was in the 3rd grade I did a assignment on the ugly ducklings
I remember this story. First time hearing it since childhood.