One day, a duck sat on her nest at the edge of a stream. She was bor ause she had been waiting so long. Then the eggs opened, and baby duck me out. The biggest egg has still not hatched, thought the mother duck. Then it did open, and out came a big, ugly baby bird. The mother was very isappointed. She took her young ones to the farmyard. The other ducks did ot like the ugly duckling, so they pushed him and bit him. At first, the mother d tried to take care of her ugly duckling, but all the other ducks said he was too ugly and she shoud nly look after her pretty ducklings. In the end, she thought the same. The ugly duckling was sad. One day he went away He saw some swans flying and he thought they were very beautiful. He followed them to a lake, even though at first he was afraid of them. "Hello" they said. "You are a beautiful swan." The ugly duckling looked 5 down at the water and saw a reflection of himself. He was a swan. not a duck at all. He and the other swans lived happily together.