The Calhoun Chronicles Bundle: The Charm School
Susan Wiggs
The Calhoun Chronicles Bundle
The Charm School
The Horsemaster’s Daughter
Halfway to Heaven
Contents
The Charm School by Susan Wiggs
The Horsemaster’s Daughter by Susan Wiggs
Halfway to Heaven by Susan Wiggs
Contents
Part One
The Ugly Duckling
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Part Two
The Bird of Passage
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Part Three
The Bird of Winter
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Part Four
The Swan
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
The Charm School
Susan Wiggs
Part One
The Ugly Duckling
“What nice little children you do have, mother,” said the old duck with the rag around her leg. “They are all pretty except that one. He didn’t come out so well. It’s a pity you can’t hatch him again.”
And the poor duckling who had been the last one out of his egg, and who looked so ugly, was pecked and pushed about and made fun of by the ducks, and the chickens as well. “He’s too big,” said they all. The turkey gobbler, who thought himself an emperor because he was born wearing spurs, puffed up like a ship under full sail and bore down upon him, gobbling and gobbling until he was red in the face. The poor duckling did not know where he dared stand or where he dared walk. He was so sad because he was so desperately ugly, and because he was the laughingstock of the whole barnyard.