“Well, I’m glad to hear that,” said their mother. “What a happy family we will be if I never have to scold you any more.”

They sailed away at their mother’s side

But of course the little ducklings were naughty sometimes, even after that; but they were good enough for their mother to feel that on the whole her little ducklings were the dearest, sweetest, cunningest little ducklings in all the world—to her at least.

THE END



Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.