"Look at you!" cried Mama Duck with joy.

“Quack, quack, QUACK!” they said with pride.

“Come line up," said Mama Duck. "We will go down to the lake for your
very first swim.” She counted – one, two, three, four, five. “Oh dear!” she
said with a frown. “I had six eggs. I should have six ducklings.”
One large egg was still in the nest. “Well!" said Mama Duck, "it looks
like that big egg will take more time.” So she went back to sit on her
nest again and wait some more. Part 2: Unlike The Others
The next day, the big egg started to hatch! Out popped a baby boy bird.

Yet - my goodness! How different this one looked! He was much larger
than the others. He was not yellow, but dark-gray all over. And after he
stepped out of his egg, he walked with a funny wobble.
One of the yellow ducklings pointed. “What's THAT? He can't be one of
us!”