
Once
upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them.
She just wished the eggs would breakout. Several days later, she got her wish.
The eggs cracked and some cute little ducklings appeared. “Peep, peep” the
little duckling cried. “Quack, quack” their mother greeted in return. However the
largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for several days.
Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother duck
looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very grey. He didn’t look like the
others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for the first swimming lesson. The huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other duckling did. “That is not a turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite handsome” the mother said proudly.
However the other animals didn’t agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. “You are very ugly” they quacked.
One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone throught the cold and snow winter. Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. “Oh, dear, these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too” he said to himself. But the swan did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroke him with their bills.
As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes “I am not ugly duckling but a beautiful swan” he exclaimed. He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played wit his new friends and was happier that he had never been.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for the first swimming lesson. The huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other duckling did. “That is not a turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite handsome” the mother said proudly.
However the other animals didn’t agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. “You are very ugly” they quacked.
One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone throught the cold and snow winter. Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. “Oh, dear, these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too” he said to himself. But the swan did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroke him with their bills.
As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes “I am not ugly duckling but a beautiful swan” he exclaimed. He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played wit his new friends and was happier that he had never been.