英语小故事:丑小鸭

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"Well, if it's a turkey," said the goose, "it won't swim."

Mother Duck hurried her ducklings to the pond. She waddled in and listened. Splash! Splish! Splosh! Splash! Splish! She

turned and looked. All six ducklings followed her in the water.

"Oh, well," she said. "He can swim. He is definitely not a turkey."

The sixth duckling was very good at swimming, and was soon swimming better than his brothers and sisters.

Back at the farmyard, things did not go well for the little duckling. Everyone called him an ugly duckling. The chickens

laughed at him, the turkeys chased him and the geese hissed at him.

Soon even his brothers and sisters would not talk to him, but when his mother turned away, he was very sad. He decided to

leave the farmyard.

One sunny morning, he walked out of the farmyard and didn't look back. He wandered away, looking for somewhere new to

live.

When he'd been walking a while he came to a large lake. There were some ducks swimming on it.

He swam up to them.

"May I stay on this lake?" he asked.

"Of course," said the ducks. "We'll be moving on soon. Why don't you join us, if you're on your own?"

"Thank you," said the duckling.

The duckling stayed on the lake and day by day he grew bigger. One day he looked up to see some large white birds flying

gracefully over the lake.

"They're beautiful," he whispered, and then sighed. "I wonder who they are?"

One day the ducks came to see him.

"It's autumn, and we're going now," they told him, "join us if you want to."

Some ducks began to fly up to leave, but suddenly loud bangs were heard. Two of the ducks fell from the sky. Others flew up

in fright, and more fell as more bangs were heard.

The duckling ran and hid. He found a bush and stayed there until the noise had died down. When it was quiet he sadly left

the lake and headed away over the fields.

He came to another lake and there he stayed. Winter was coming and he was alone. As the days grew colder, he found that it

was harder to find food.

The one morning he woke and found that he couldn't move. The lake had frozen and he was stuck in the ice. The day passed

and the duckling was giving up hope of being found. But late in the afternoon a man walking his dog saw him. He broke the

ice, and the duckling was free. He ran across the ice and hid. He didn't dare to go on the ice again.

Winter passed, spring came, and the ice melted.

The duckling stretched his wings and found that they were strong enough to carry him. He flew upon and over the lake, high

above the trees and fields. He should have been very happy, but he was not because he felt so lonely.

A few days later, he looked up to see the large white birds he had seen in the autumn. They looked beautiful as they landed

on the lake. The duckling admired their glossy white feathers and long necks. He swan over to take a closer look at them.

"Please," he said shyly. "Will you tell me who you are. You are so beautiful and I am so ugly. I've never seen anybody like

you."

"Ugly," cried one of the white birds. "How silly!"

"We're swans," said another. "Why do you think you're ugly? Look at yourself in the water."

The duckling looked and caught sight of his own reflection. He gasped in surprise, for instead of seeing a fat, grey duckling

he saw a swan with a long elegant neck and a bright orange bill. "I'm like you," he cried. "I'm a swan, too."

"Definitely," said the swan, with a smile.

"Does that mean I can stay with you, and not live alone?"

"Of course," said the swans.

At that moment two children ran down to the lake. "Ooh, look!" they cried. "The swans are back and there's a new one, too.

Isn't he beautiful!"

The ugly duckling stretched his neck and ruffled his feathers with pride.

Then it was time to go flying with all of the other swans and, as the duckling took off from the lake, he could see his new

beautiful reflection in the water.

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