Childhood of Leda or The Death of Ugly Duckling (1st part of Four Seasons series - Autumn)

Autumn. Little mermaid Leda has been told that ugly duckling which all the summer was her playmate, flew to the South, but she discovers swans remains in the black swamp. Since then the water in the peat swamps is red from her tears.
First part of the series Four Seasons - Autumn (sub-part of bigger Rethinking the Myth series)