It was a bright summer afternoon. Mother Duck found a lovely spot under a tree by the pond to lay her eggs. She laid five eggs. Suddenly she noticed that one of the eggs was different from the other eggs. She got a little worried. She waited for them to hatch.
One fine morning, at last, one after another, the eggs began to crack.
“Peep, peep” They said. All eggs had come alive and the ducklings were poking their heads out into the big world. All broke except one.
The Duck was worried. She sat on the egg and gave it all the warmth that it could give.
One fine morning, when the egg broke, there came out an ugly grey colored ducking.
The duckling was different from its other siblings. It was very big and rather ugly.
The mother duck was surprised to see her and was very sad. Mother hoped that one day she would become just like her siblings. But days went by and the duckling remained ugly. All his brother and sister made fun of the duckling and they would not play with him. The duckling was very sad.
All his brothers and sisters say they will not play with her and sad that he is ugly monster. They all laughed at him. The ugly duckling was really sad.
The ugly duckling went to the pond and looked at his reflection in the pond.
The duckling decided to leave the family and go somewhere deep into the woods. The duckling wandered all alone in the deep forest.
Soon when winters came by. There was snow all around. The duckling was sad and shivered with cold but couldn’t find any food to eat or a warm place to be in. He went to a family of ducks. They reject him. Who is this ugly fellow?
He went to stay in the hen’s house. There the hens pecked him with their beaks so he ran away.
He met a dog on the way. The dog saw him and went away. The ugly duckling thought to himself: “I’m so ugly that even the dog doesn’t want to eat me.
The ugly duckling sadly started wandering in the woods again. There he met a peasant who looks him home to his wife and children but even there he was troubled by the cat that lived there. So he left the peasant’s house.
Soon it was spring, everything was fresh and green once again. Walking and walking, he saw a river. He was so happy to see the water again. He went close to the river where he saw a beautiful swam swimming. He fell in love with her. The duckling was ashamed of himself and bowed his head low. When he bent his head, He saw his own reflection in the water and was astonished. He wasn’t ugly anymore; He had turned into a handsome young swan. Now he realized why he looked different from his siblings because he was a swan and they were ducks.
He married the beautiful swan that he had fallen in love with and happily lived ever after.