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[http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/yellow25.htm "The White Duck"] is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye Russkie Skazki''. It was included by [[
The plot of the tale follows a king who leaves his new wife for a journey, warning her to be careful in his absence. A woman lures her into the garden and into a pool, and turns her into a white duck, taking the queen's own form and place, the king returning to the impostor. The duck soon laid three eggs, two ducklings and an ugly drake born of them; the duck warns the three of the witch and to avoid her.
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