Children Stories - Ugly Duckling
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Child (5-12)Transcript
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all at once. The duckling flapped his wings. They beat the air more strongly than before and bore him quickly away on Before he knew it, he found himself in a large garden where the apple trees were in bloom and lilac scented the air and hung there long green branches down to the winding waters. Oh, here It was so lovely in the freshness of spring and suddenly from the ticket came three lovely white swans. They ruffle their feathers and swam lightly over the water. The duckling knew these splendid creatures and was seized with a strange sadness. I shall fly to them these royal birds and they will kill me because I, who am so ugly, dare to go near them. But I don't care. Better be killed by them than to be nipped at by ducks and picked up by the hens and kicked about by the girl who looks after the poultry yard or suffer hunger and winter. So he flew into the water and swam toward the splendid creatures. They saw him and came sailing up with ruffled feathers. Only kill me, said the poor creature, as he bowed his head down to the water and awaited his death. But what did he see in the clear blue water? He saw below him his own image. But he was no longer a dark grey bird. Huguely and ungainly, he waas himself the swan.