Self-Acceptance

In ancient times, there was a large farm called the duck farm. It was full of birds and geese, but the duck goose was sad and not beautiful because there wasn’t a small duck to embrace it and eat them and look after its weakness. It wished to give birth to a small duck and small geese and lay a small goose and emerge. So she looked to the sky and prayed to God Almighty, saying, “O Lord, grant me a small goose.” And because of its great begging, God Almighty granted it a small goose. It came out a day while it was on the road, found a large goose, was very happy and praised God Almighty for responding to its request and that God had granted it a goose as a reward for His grace. It went to its home with the goose while it was in a state of happiness, and all the geese and birds came to enjoy it and laughed greatly for it. ...

It is told that on one of the autumn days, one of the ducks was waiting for her eggs to hatch with impatient eagerness. One day the first egg began to hatch, followed by the rest of the eggs until seven beautiful little ducks came out of the eggs, while the largest egg had not hatched yet. The mother waited several more days and said to herself: Perhaps that egg was delayed because it had the most beautiful duck. After several days of patience, the large egg finally hatched. But unfortunately, a large ugly duck came out of it covered with dark gray feathers. The mother was sad but said that perhaps when she grows up, she will become like her siblings. ...

The crow lived on one of the trees of the farm. He enjoyed flying every morning and eating fruits from the farm from fresh fruits. One day, the crow heard the cawing of a hawk from the hunter’s gun. So he flew far away, he and his two brothers. They stood on one of the tall trees and thanked God for their safety, despite the hunter’s shots being close to them. ...