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Ugly Duckling in English

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00:00It was a bright summer afternoon.

00:03Mother Duck found a lovely spot under a tree by the pond to lay her eggs.

00:09She laid five eggs.

00:12Suddenly, she noticed that one of the eggs was different from the other eggs.

00:18She looked at the eggs and noticed that one of the eggs was different from the other eggs.

00:25She got a little worried.

00:28She waited for them to hatch.

00:31One fine morning, at last, one after another, the eggs began to crack.

00:40Peep peep, they said.

00:43All the eggs had come alive, and the ducklings were poking their heads out into the big world.

00:50All broke, except one.

00:54Oh, what sweet babies I have!

00:56What a lucky mother I am!

00:59But what happened to the fifth one?

01:02The Duck was worried.

01:04This last egg is taking such a long time.

01:10She sat on the egg, and gave it all the warmth that it could.

01:17This would be the most beautiful duckling of all, since this is taking so much time to hatch.

01:26One fine morning, when the egg broke, there came out an ugly grey colored duckling.

01:33Peep peep!

01:34This duckling was different from its other siblings.

01:38It was very big, and rather ugly.

01:43None of my other ducklings look like that.

01:46This one is perhaps ugly.

01:50The mother duck was surprised to see her, and was very sad.

01:56Mother hoped that one day, she would become just like her siblings.

02:02But days went by, and the duckling remained ugly.

02:06But days went by, and the duckling remained ugly.

02:11All her brothers and sisters made fun of the duckling,

02:15and they would not play with him.

02:18The duckling was very sad.

02:22You are ugly!

02:24Look at that ugly little thing on the earth!

02:29Yeah, go away! You're so ugly!

02:33We will not play with you, you ugly monster!

02:38They all laughed at him.

02:40The ugly duckling was really sad.

02:43The ugly duckling went to the pond, and looked at his reflection in the pond.

02:49Nobody likes me. I'm so ugly.

02:53The duckling decided to leave the family, and go somewhere deep into the woods.

02:59The duckling wandered all alone in the deep forest.

03:04Soon, when winter came by, there was snow all around.

03:09The duckling was sad, and he shivered with cold,

03:13but couldn't find any food to eat, or a warm place to be in.

03:19He went to a family of ducks.

03:22They rejected him.

03:24You are an ugly chap!

03:27Who was this ugly fellow?

03:30He went to stay in the hen's house.

03:33There, the hens pecked him with their beaks, so he ran away.

03:39He met a dog on the way.

03:42The dog saw him, and went away.

03:46The ugly duckling thought to himself,

03:49I'm so ugly that even the dog doesn't want to eat me!

03:55The ugly duckling sadly started wandering in the woods again.

04:00There he met a peasant, who took him home to his wife and children.

04:06But even there he was troubled by the cat that lived there.

04:10So he left the peasant's house.

04:15Soon it was spring.

04:17Everything was fresh and green once again.

04:21Walking and walking, he saw a river.

04:25He was so happy to see the water again.

04:29He went close to the river, where he saw a beautiful swan swimming.

04:34He fell in love with her.

04:36The duckling was ashamed of himself, and bowed his head low.

04:41When he bent his head, he saw his own reflection in the water,

04:46and was astonished.

04:49The duckling wasn't ugly anymore.

04:52He had turned into a handsome young swan.

04:56Now he realized why he looked different from his siblings.

05:00Because he was a swan, and they were ducks.

05:05He married the beautiful swan that he had fallen in love with,

05:09and lived happily ever after.

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