| A | B |
|---|
| extricate | to free from tangle or difficulty* |
| preening | cleaning feathers with the beak* |
| presumptuous | excessively bold, confident or shameless* |
| outskirts | the region remote from the central district of a city or town* |
| malicious | showing ill-will; spiteful* |
| Mr. Peters | rescues a swan and is granted 3 wishes* |
| King of the Forest | initially a swan that is rescued by a human; turns into a little man and grants his rescuer 3 wishes* |
| Leita | swan; becomes human and marries a man* |
| Rhea | swan; sister of swan who becomes human* |
