The ugly duckling avoids the encounter with the goslings because he hid, and the hunters didn't see him.
The Ugly Duckling is a fairy tale written by poet and author Hans Christian Andersen, published on November 11, 1843.
In this story, a plain-looking tiny bird is born in a barnyard, according to the myth.
His siblings and other birds and animals on the farm, harass him for being plain and ugly, so he flees to a flock of wild ducks and geese.
Thus, the ugly duckling avoids the encounter with the goslings because he hid, and the hunters didn't see him.
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