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The Ugly Duckling

Mother Duck is sitting on her eggs. The eggs break and the ducklings come out one by one.
But a duckling is different from others. It looks very ugly. Its brothers and sisters dislike it.
They often laugh at him and bite him. So the ugly duckling goes away.

When the ugly duckling wakes up the next day, it finds some wild ducks are surrounding it.
The wild ducks warn, “You are so ugly, don’t come up near us.”

The ugly duckling is leaving here and a big dog appears. It stares at the duckling. The
duckling is very scared. It thinks the big dog will eat it, but the big dog shakes his head and
runs away. The ugly duckling says, “ I am so ugly that the big dog doesn’t want to eat me.

It is dark. The ugly duckling comes to a house. It’s too tired. It falls asleep near the door of
the house. Early next morning, an old woman opens the door. She finds the duckling and lets
it in. There is a hen and a cat in the house. They dislike the duckling, either. So the ugly
duckling goes away.

Autumn comes. One day, the ugly duckling comes to a river. It sees some white and big birds
are flying across the river. They are swans. They are so beautiful. The duckling envies them
very much.

Winter comes. It becomes colder and colder. The river is iced. The ugly duckling is caught by
the ice in the river.

A farmer find the ugly duckling. He breaks the ice and brings it to his home. The children of
the farmer want to play with the ugly duckling, but it thinks they will hurt itself. So it flies
away.

Spring comes. The ugly duckling come to the river again. It sees the beautiful swans are
swimming in the river. It comes to them and says, “Kill me! I don’t want to live. I’m too
ugly. I’m not happy at all.” The swans say to him, “You aren’t ugly. You are a beautiful
swan.” “No, you cheat me!” cries the ugly duckling. “Look at the water! You are so beautiful
that we can’t compare with you!” say the swans.

The ugly duckling looks at the water. It really becomes a beautiful swan. It is very happy.