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An egg rolls down the hill and into a duck’s nest, and, when that egg hatches, out comes Guji-Guji, distinctly unducklike in appearance, with his scaly blue-grey skin, his four legs that end in long claws, and his sharp teeth.  But Guji-Guji learns to swim and walk, along with his duckling siblings, Crayon, Zebra and Moonlight, and basks in the affection of Mother Duck, who loves all of her ducklings just the same.
Then three crocodiles come crawling out of the lake, one day, and laugh at Guji-Guji whom, they say, walks like a duck.  When he tries to explain that he is a duck, they tell him that he is, in fact, a big, bad crocodile, just like them.  They order Guji-Guji to bring the ducks to the lake so that they can catch and eat them, informing him that crocodiles help one another.
Guji-Guji must then take a long, hard look at himself, and acknowledge that he is, in fact, not exactly a duck, at least on the outside.
Wonderfully written and illustrated by Chih-Yuan Chen, this lovely story proves that, if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.  A good book to have on hand for anyone caught between who others says he or she is, and who they know themselves to be!
FernFolio Editor