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One summer afternoon, a mother duck sat quietly on her 

nest. In the nest were five beautiful eggs. She sat patiently, 

waiting for her eggs to hatch and produce five little 

ducklings. 

Soon enough, one by one they started to hatch and 

four beautiful bright yellow duckings came out of their 

shells. All but one egg had not hatched yet. 

Finally, the last duckling hatched. The other 

ducklings stared in shock when they saw him. 

He looked nothing like the others.

"He's ugly!" yelled one of the ducklings.

The ugly duckling asked his mother,

"Why am I so different mom?"

His mother answered, "you're different but 

you're my son, so I love you anyway."

The ugly duckling was extremely upset. He 

didn't feel like ever going outside to play 

because of how ugly he was. He was terrified 

of seeing people so he stayed in the nest all 

day. He never played with his siblings. 

As the days passed, he decided to run away. 

Somewhere where he could be alone, away 

from any interaction with others. With his head 

held low, he traveled and traveled until he 

found a perfect spot. 

The ugly duckling found a small pond that was 

isolated from the rest of the animals.

"I'll stay here forever," he thought. 

"No one will ever have to see my ugliness and 

I will never have to be out in public ever 

again"

Years passed and no one ever found him. Until 

one day, he saw a bird flying above him. He 

wanted to hide. He was so afraid of seeing 

someone new. 

"Hello!" said the bird. "What seems to be the matter?"

The ugly duckling said nothing at all. He was too afraid. He was 

trembling. He began to have shortness of breath and he was 

sweating. 

"It seems to me that you have Anthropophobia. Fear of 

people. It's caused by external events like past 

traumatic experiences, usually from an early age, and 

internal predispositions like heredity and genetics" 

"Wh-who are you?" stuttered the ugly duckling

"I'm here to help you overcome your phobia" 

said the bird

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