--- title: The Portuguese Duck — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees · page 2 description: The Portuguese Duck, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: A duck once arrived from Portugal, but there were some who said she came from Spain, which is almost the same thing. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / The Portuguese Duck # The Portuguese Duck · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/101/) — Now whatever is the meaning of this?" she said; "could he not bear even such a little peck as I gave him? - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/102/) — Then certainly he was not made for this world. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/103/) — I've been like a mother to him, I know that, for I've a good heart." - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/104/) — Then the cock from the neighboring yard stuck his head in, and crowed with steam-engine power. - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/105/) — "You'll kill me with your crowing," she cried, "it's all your fault. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/106/) — He's lost his life, and I'm very near losing mine." - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/107/) — "There's not much of him lying there," observed the cock. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/108/) — "Speak of him with respect," said the Portuguese duck, "for he had manners and education, and he could sing. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/109/) — He was affectionate and gentle, and that is as rare a quality in animals as in those who call themselves human beings." - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/110/) — Then all the ducks came crowding round the little dead bird. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/111/) — Ducks have strong passions, whether they feel envy or pity. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/112/) — There was nothing to envy here, so they all showed a great deal of pity, even the two Chinese. " - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/113/) — We shall never have another singing-bird again amongst us; he was almost a Chinese," they whispered, and then they wept with such a noisy, clucking sound, that all the other fowls clucked too, but the ducks went about with redder eyes afterwards. " - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/114/) — We have hearts of our own," they said, "nobody can deny that." - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/115/) — "Hearts!" repeated the Portuguese, "indeed you have, almost as tender as the ducks in Portugal." - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/116/) — "Let us think of getting something to satisfy our hunger," said the drake, "that's the most important business. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/117/) — If one of our toys is broken, why we have plenty more." [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/) **2** - ← previous: [The Phoenix Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/144/) - next →: [The Porter's Son, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)