The ugly duckling

Mother duck was on her nest, waiting for her young

brood to hatch.

One shell cracked, and then another, and from each egg

came a duckling that cried, Peep, peep.

One egg, the biggest is not hatched yet.

At last the egg broke, and a new duckling came and cried,

Peep, peep.

It was very big and ugly.

He was different, so big and ugly, that even his brothers

and sisters were unkind to him

The whole farm laughed at him.

He felt very very sad, so sad that at last he ran away.

He found two ducks in the way

What sort of a duck are you?, said the two ducks. You are really ugly.

In a moment a big scary dog passed very near, without

touching him.

I am thankful for being so ugly, even a dog will not bite me., he thought.

I want to swim on the water. Its so fun What a silly idea, said the hen.

In a cottage he met a cat, and a hen.

Nobody understands me, said the duckling.

He left the cottage.

Time passed.

Autumn came,

Winter came

One evening, a flock of beautiful birds came out of the

woods. They were swans.

The duckling was very surprised because they

were very beautiful. He wished to be as lovely as

these beautiful creatures.

One day, he saw his reflection in the clear water of a river.

What a surprise! He was a graceful and beautiful swan.

People laughed at him because he was different but

now he was the most beautiful of all the birds. He was

so happy!

The End

He found his real family and they didnt make fun of him. It is good to be different!