One Duck

One duck/Mother duck is sitting on her eggs.
"I wonder when my

babies are going to come out. They are taking so long to hatch.”
mother duck said, But Mommy duck didn't have to wait too long.
Soon the eggs started cracking and the little ducklings started taking
small unsteady steps."Oooh my babies are so beautiful” Mother duck
said, Mother duck looked around, and saw one egg which had not yet
hatched. “I think i have to sit again on this egg till it hatches" Mother
duck said, Soon the last egg hatched, but the duckling that crept out
was large and ugly
he next day,Mother Duck leads her brood to the water. “I am so proud

that my ducklings are swimming so well! And how well the youngest
one is swimming."Later on"Come on kids, that's enough for today”
But day went by, things started becoming worse for the ugly
duckling.Whereever he went, everyone was mean to him.The ugly
duckling just wanted to hide somewhere and cry.
“Nobody wants to talk to me or play with me because I am ugly.I will

run away from here.” Ugly duckling said
One morning, the duckling heard a noise like a big bang.He lay still
scared to move.
The ugly duckling fled from the moor as fast as it could. Suddenly there
was thunder and lightning ,scaring the little duckling.
“Brrr, I am so wet and cold.” Ugly duckling said
The cottage belong to an old lady,who live with tomcat and hen,who
found the duckling the next morning “cluck,cluck, meow meow. What
is happening here?What is this we have here?Looks like a duck,though
a very ugly one.I will keep it with me and wait for it to lay eggs.Ah but
I hope this is a duck not a drake.” old lady said So the ugly duckling
stayed with the old lady in her cottage.
But here also,the tomcat and the hen made its life so miserable!”Hey
you, don’t you get scared when you see your face in the mirror? Look
at me, my coat is so silky. Look at my whiskers, so long and beautiful.”
Said the cat “Your such a loser, you cannot even lay an egg! Look at my
eggs, such a lovely big and brown ones.”
The ugly duckling continued to be lonely. He would sit on the window

looking at the small pond outside. “How I wish I could swim in that
pond. It used to be nice when I swam in the cool water back home.”
Said the ugly duckling “Are you mad? The mistress is not going to let
you go. You have a safe house,what more do you want? Behave
yourself and don’t anger the mistress,the cat, or even me. Want to
swim, indeed!” The ugly duckling felt very, very sad, wondering what to
do.I know this place is safe, but I feel like a prisoner here, being
punished by not being allowed to swim. I want to swim- I want to be
free to swim and as I please. I have to scape this somehow.
So one night, the duckling quietly crept out of the cottage and went in
search of a new home. Soon he found a beautiful lake where he could
swim and dive.
“This such a lovely place. It feels so good to swim after so long. I hope
the other animals here are friendly so I don’t have to move away from
here also.” ugly duckling said But, here too the other animals did not
want to friend wit with the ugly duckling.
Why keep everybody avoiding me? Just because I am ugly, it doesn’t
mean everyone has to be mean! No one wants to play with me or talk
to me! So life continued in this miserable way for the ugly duckling.
Soon the seasons changed. Winter followed. The forest turned white,
and a very cold wind set in. So the duckling decided to go to the
lakeside. “What are this beautiful birds? I don’t think I have seen them
before“ugly duckling said Though the winter grow colder and colder,
the duckling continued to swim despite the freezing water, and then
finally took refuge in some bushes.
Finally it was spring again. The duckling was so happy that it’s warm
again. “My wings have also become strong and I can now swim in the
pond close by.” Ugly duckling said
Suddenly, the duckling once again saw the same beautiful birds that he
had seen at the start of spring, and quickly ran and hide behind some
bushes.”Those birds are so beautiful. I better not go near them, or
they too will make fun of me. I am so scared that they might even kill
me! I am so tired of being picked on by everybody, first my own
brothers, the ducklings at the farm, the hen and tomcat at the cottage,
and everybody else.I wish I had never had born!” ugly duckling said
The duckling went to a quiet spot on the lake where nobody can see
him and cry.
Suddenly, the duckling saw its own reflection in the lake, and couldn’t
believe its eyes!For staring at him in the clear water below was his own
reflection, no longer a dark, grey bird, ugly and repulsive to look at.
Instead, he had turned into a beautiful swan.The ugly duckling had
transformed into a beautiful swan!
All the other swans came to greet the newcomer, and stroke his neck
with their beaks, Finally, the little thing was accepted and loved by his
new friends to whom he belonged the beautiful and greatful swans.
A family with two children came to see the swans swimming. “Look,
there’s a new one. Father,Mother, come there is an another swan.A
new one has arrived”, “The new is the most beautiful of all oh he is so
young and pretty!” said the two kids .The swan did not know how to
react with so much praise. He felt shy and tried to hide his face. After
being mocked and taunted and bullied for so long, he couldn’t believe
he was being accepted and appreciated! And he was actually being
called beautiful! “I never dreamt I would see day when someone
would called me beautiful , I wish I had received the same love and
affection when I was the little ugly creature, I wouldn’t have spent
such a sad childhood , Why do people treat other according to their
looks? That is so so sad.” The ughly duckling said
continue fly and spotted a large moor.He decided to spend the night
there. "I am so tired. I think I will spend the night here.” Ugly duckling
said

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One duck/Mother duck is sitting on her eggs.

"I wonder when my

he next day,Mother Duck leads her brood to the water. “I am so proud

“Nobody wants to talk to me or play with me because I am ugly.I will

“Brrr, I am so wet and cold.” Ugly duckling said

The ugly duckling continued to be lonely. He would sit on the window

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