Children’s Stories · Character
the Duck
A duck who converses with the Rocket in the garden.
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First appearance: the remarkable rocket
the Duck shows up with force in The Nightingale and the Rose. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A listener who comments on the danger of telling stories with a moral.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Villains and Exploiters
- Vain and Arrogant Characters
- Infanta's Court and Entertainers
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
This excerpt is not the story's dramatic climax; it is the opening exposition, establishing the wintry setting…
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