THE UGLY DUCKLING
Once upon a time, a mother duck
was sitting on a cluster of eggs, anxiously waiting for them to hatch. One by
one the tiny noses poked through their shells until all the new chicks were
born. However, one of the eggs was taking longer than the others. When it
finally hatched, the chick that emerged was not exactly like its brothers and
sisters. It was very, very ugly.
“O… it’s been a long
wait. Will these eggs ever hatch?”
“Oh, yes! It’s
starting!
Mother duck was shocked to see
such an awful looking duckling, and could not imagine that it was actually
hers. The other duckling did not like the ugly duckling at all. They pecked him
and teased him and refused to let him play. The ugly duckling was very unhappy.
“Oh dear… this is a
very ugly duckling”. “Let’s play! Not with you, though, ugly”. “He is so weird
looking… he can’t be a member of our family, can he?” “Let’s peck him…. Let’s
tease him…! “Everyone hates me”.
The duckling was so very sad
that he decided to leave home. At a nearby pond, he met a family of geese and
asked if he could stay with them. They refused. “Can I please stay and play
with you?” “No, never, you are so very ugly!
Further along the water, the
duckling met a kind caterpillar. The duckling told him his sad story and the
caterpillar consoled him. “I am just an ugly caterpillar” he explained, “but
one day I will be a beautiful butterfly. Maybe you will be beautiful one day
too.” “No one talks to me or let me stay
with them as I’m so ugly.” “Don’t worry. I’m sure you won’t look like this
forever.” The duck and the caterpillar lived quite happily for a week or so, but
it was soon time for the caterpillar to enter his cocoon. The duckling waited
and waited and when his friend emerged he was indeed a beautiful butterfly. His
friend flew off into the woods calling for the duckling to follow, but the
duckling could not catch up. Once again, the duckling was alone. “You are
turning into a butterfly. I hope we are still friends when you come out.”
Winter came, and the duckling
struggled to find food and shelter under the blanket of thick snow. He had no
friends and no comfort. It was a very hard winter, and the duckling was certain
he would die. “I’m so cold all over! I’m starving. I need food and a shelter or
I am going to die.”
Winter soon ended
and the waters on the lake began to thaw. The lonely duckling wadded out into
the water and he caught sight of something astounding. Looking up at him from
the water was the most beautiful bird he had ever seen. It was his own
reflection. The ugly duckling had into a swan. “Thank goodness it’s
spring…..Ah..who’s this? It’s me…. It’s my reflection I’ve become so
beautiful” The duckling saw a family of
other swans playing in the water across the lake. The mother swan saw him and
instantly recognized him as her long lost son. The family was reunited and the
ugly duckling was finally content. “I recognized you. You are our lost son. We
thought we would never find you.” “Mother? Oh, mother, I’ve been through so
much but I am happy at last.”The Ugly Duckling MP3
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