The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling
There was a little lake. A mother duck sits on her eggs.
Father Duck: Not Yet?
Mother Duck: Look, Father! One, two, three! Our babies!
Father Duck: How cute they are! Look, one more.
Mother Duck: One more left! It’s bigger.
The next day. The egg still didn’t hatch.
Ugly Duckling: Hi!
Ducklings: He’s ugly!
Father Duck: Who are you?
Mother Duck: He’s our baby. Let’s go walking. Left, right, left, right. Ducklings: Quack, quack, quack. Walk like us!
Ugly Duckling: I can’t.
Mother Duckling: L et’s go swimming. Come on, come on.
He jumps into the water. They jump into the water.
Mother Duckling: V ery good! Let’s go. Let’s get out. Let’s meet our friends.
Aunts Duckling: How cute they are! Eat! Eat! Who is that?
Mother Duck: He’s bigger, but he c an swim. He can swim well. They eat. He can’t eat. Poor ugly duckling.
Ducklings: You’re ugly. You’re an ugly duckling.
Mother Duckling: Be nice!
Ugly Duckling: Nobody loves me! I’m leaving. Goodbye, Mother. He goes to sleep. The geese come.
Geese: Who are you? You’re an ugly duckling.
Well, we’re leaving. Goodbye.
Ugly Duckling: Nobody loves me!
He is sad and lonely.
Ugly Duckling: A farm!
Old Lady: What’s the matter? Eat…Eat!
A cat and a hen.
Hen: Can you lay an egg?
Ugly Duckling: No, I can’t.
Cat: Can you catch mice?
Ugly Duckling: No, I can’t. But I can swim.
Hen and Cat: Who cares? Get out!
It is fall. An owl!
Owl: Where are you going?
Ugly Duckling: Nowhere.
Owl: Who are you?
Ugly Duckling: Oh, what beautiful birds!
It is winter. It’s very cold.
Ug ly Duckling: I’m cold. I’m cold.
Kids: A duck, a duck.
Ugly Duckling: What! Nobody loves me.
It is spring.
Ugly Duckling: I can fly! I can fly!
Yes, he can fly. He can fly.
Swans: What are you doing?
Ugly Duckling: Oh, I’m sorry. Goodbye.
Swans: No, look! Look at yourself. You are one of us. You are a swan!
Ugly Duckling: I’m a swan!
Kids: Look! Look!
Yes, the ugly duckling was a beautiful swan.。