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The Ugly Duckling

The mother duck sat on her eggs until they hatched, revealing cute little ducklings. However, the largest egg contained an unusually large and gray duckling that did not resemble the others. Though his mother defended him, the other animals made fun of his appearance. Feeling unhappy, the ugly duckling ran away and lived alone through the winter. In spring, he saw three swans in the pond and feared they would also mock him, but they accepted him as one of their own. When he saw his reflection, he realized he had grown into a beautiful swan.

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The Ugly Duckling

The mother duck sat on her eggs until they hatched, revealing cute little ducklings. However, the largest egg contained an unusually large and gray duckling that did not resemble the others. Though his mother defended him, the other animals made fun of his appearance. Feeling unhappy, the ugly duckling ran away and lived alone through the winter. In spring, he saw three swans in the pond and feared they would also mock him, but they accepted him as one of their own. When he saw his reflection, he realized he had grown into a beautiful swan.

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The Ugly Duckling

Once upon a time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She just wished
the eggs would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little ducklings appeared.
"Peep, peep" the little ducklings 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 gray. 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 their first swimming lesson., the huge
grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other ducklings 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.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I looked like them," he thought to himself. One
day, the ugly duckling ran away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold
and snowy 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 swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him
and stroked 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 an ugly duckling but a beautiful
swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was happier
than he had never been.

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