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And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.
And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.
Approximate author period: c. 1994 AD · modern
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- Russell Brand
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- Approximate author period: c. 1994 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Russell Brand: documented activity in 1994. Wikidata Q296609, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296609 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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