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The Ugly Duckling

The story is about a mother duck who hatches her eggs and finds that one of the ducklings looks very different from the others. The other ducklings make fun of the ugly duckling for being larger and gray instead of yellow. The mother duck scolds the other ducklings and tells them they will all go swimming together.

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The Ugly Duckling

The story is about a mother duck who hatches her eggs and finds that one of the ducklings looks very different from the others. The other ducklings make fun of the ugly duckling for being larger and gray instead of yellow. The mother duck scolds the other ducklings and tells them they will all go swimming together.

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The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling


Illustrated By: Stella Wei
Chapters
 Part 1: One By One
 Part 2: Unlike The Others
 Part 3: Get Out!
 Part 4: A New Lake
 Part 5: Spring

Listen While You Read Along!

Part 1: One By One


ONCE ON A FARM LONG AGO, a Mama Duck sat on her nest. “How long
must I wait for my babies to hatch? I have to sit here all by myself!” But
what could she do? A Mama duck must keep her eggs warm till they
hatch.
At last, the eggs began to crack. One yellow duckling stepped out of its
shell, then another. Each little chick shook its wings. “Quack, quack!”

“Look at you!” cried Mama Duck with joy. “You're all so cute!”

"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!”
I have never seen such an ugly duckling!” said another.
“How can you say such a thing?” said Mama Duck in a very stern voice.
“You are only one day old! Your brother hatched from the very same
nest as you did. Now line up. We will go to the lake for your very first
swim.”

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