A mother duck sits on her eggs in a farm, but one duckling that hatches looks different from the others. The ugly duckling is unhappy because he is made fun of and doesn't fit in. He runs away from the farm and encounters other birds who reject him. Through the winter, the ugly duckling survives alone until spring, when he sees his reflection and realizes he has transformed into a beautiful swan who is accepted among others swans.

1. IT is lovely summer weather in the country. This is a very old farm and
here lives a duck family. Mother Duck is sitting on a nest with her new eggs.
Look! The eggs are hatching and out pop six chirpy ducklings. But one big
egg doesn’t hatch. Mother Duck can't remember:” Seven eggs??? How does
it get there?” TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner is pecking inside his shell.
Soon, the last egg begins to hatch. A strange looking duckling looks at a
worried mother.
The ducklings are growing quickly, but Mother Duck has a secret worry.
The duckling isn't pretty and he eats a lot.
As the days go by, the poor ugly duckling becomes more and more unhappy.
His brothers don't want to play with him and all the farm folks simply laugh
at him. He feels sad and lonely, while Mother Duck tries to console him.
quot;Poor little ugly duckling!quot; she says. quot;Why are you so different from the
others?” The ugly duckling feels very bad and he secretly weeps at night. He
feels that nobody wants him: quot;Nobody loves me! Why am I different from
my brothers?quot;
So, at sunrise, he decides to run away from the farm. He stops at a pond
and begins to question the other birds. quot;Do you know any ducklings like
me?quot; quot;We don't know anyone as ugly as you.quot;
The ugly duckling goes to another pond: quot;Don't stay here! Go away! It's
dangerous. There are men with guns around here!quot;
quot;Oh, dear me!quot; cries the terrified duckling. quot;I wish somebody loves me!quot;
Then one night, he escapes alone to another pond. At sunrise, he sees some
beautiful birds. White, with long necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they
are migrating south.
”Winter is coming and the water is now cold” The poor duckling looks for
food in the snow. He drops exhausted to the ground, but a farmer finds him
and puts him in his big jacket pocket.
quot;Come home with my childrenquot; In this way, the ugly duckling survives the
cold winter.
By springtime, he is very big and the farmer decides to set him free in a
pond.
Ugly Duckling begins to swim and suddenly he sees his face in the water:
I’m changing! I can’t recognize myself! Look! The swans are returning!”
When the duckling sees them, he realizes that he is one of them and soon
makes friends.
quot;We're swans like you!quot; they say, warmly. quot;Where have you been hiding?quot;
quot;It's a long story,quot; replies the young swan. Now, he swims with his new
family. One day, he hears a group of children on the river bank exclaiming:
quot;Look at that young swan! He's very, very beautiful!quot;
And he almost bursts with happiness.
The End