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Selasa, 02 April 2013
The Ugly Duckling
One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on
them. She just wished the eggs would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little
ducklings appeared. "Peep, peep" the little ducklings cried.
"Quack, quack" their mother greeted in return.
However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for
several days. Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The
mother duck looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray. He didn't
look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first
swimming lesson. The huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as
nicely as the other ducklings did. "That is not a turkey chick. He is my
very own son and quite handsome" the mother said proudly.
However, the other animals didn't agree. They hissed and made fun of him day
by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. "You are very
ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I looked like
them" he thought to himself. One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid
in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold and snow winter.
Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond,
he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. "Oh, dear. these
beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too" he said to himself. But the
swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with
their bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his
reflection in the water. He could not believe his eyes. "I am not an ugly
duckling but a beautiful swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new
friends and was happier than he had never been.
