ducklings:peep,peepmotherduck:quack,quack!areyouallout?duckling1:no,oneeggisstillhere.lookhowbigitis!atlast,thebigeggcameopen.thisducklingwasverybigandveryugly!md:oh,my!thisducklingisbiganddifferentfromtheothers.iwonderifitisaturkey.wewillsoonfindout.motherducktookherducklingstothewater.oneafteranother,thelittleducklingsjumpedinthewater.theuglyducklingalsojumpedinthewaterandswamverywell.md:oh,heisnotaturkey.turkeyscan’tswim.heismychild.let’sgotothefarmyard.butyoumuststayclosetomeandwatchoutforthecat.duck1:lookatthatduckling!helookssostrange.duck2:heissobigandugly.goaway!md:please,leavehimalone.heisnotdoinganyharm.buttheduckspeckedtheuglyduckling.alltheanimalsinthefarmyardbithimandpushedhim,too.ducklings:iwishthecatwouldeatyou!md:youshouldneverhavebeenborn.sothepoor,littleducklingwasverysad.finally,heranaway.ud:whydoeseveryonehateme?isitbecauseiamsougly?butiamreallynice.theuglyducklingmettwowildducks.wd:whatkindofduckareyou?youarereallyugly.butthat’sok,ifyoudon’tmarryoneofourfamilythentheuglyducklingheard,“pop,pop!”andthetwowildducksfelldead.justthen,manyhuntingdogsappeared.theuglyducklingwasveryafraid.so,hetuckedhisheadunderhiswing.ahuntingdogsniffedtheuglyduckling.“sniff,sniff!”dogs:youareugly!andtheywentawaywithouttouchingtheuglyduckling.ud:oh,iamalive!noonewantsme.evendogsdon’twanttobiteme.astormbegan.therainandlightningterrifiedtheuglyduckling.hewassocoldandwet!heranandranashelookedforshelterfromthestorm.finally,hearrivedatacottage.anoldwoman,acat,andahenlivedinthiscottage.hewentinside.ud:mayihavesomefood?oldwoman:oh,whataprize!isitafatduck?now,icanhaveduck’seggs.theoldwoman’ssightwasverybad.sotheducklinglivedthereforafewdays.butthehenandthecatweremeantotheduckling.hen:icanlayeggs.canyoudothat?ud:no.cat:icancatchamouse.canyoudothat?ud:no.cat:then,whatcanyoudo?ud:icanswim.cat:oh,nooneshouldswim!youwillsurelydrown!ud:iwon’tdrown.catandhen:youareabigliar!sothepoorducklingleftthecottage.soon,summerturnedintofall.theuglyduckling