NARRATOR: There was plenty of food, and the duckling began to feel a little happier, though he was lonely. One day at sunrise, he saw a flight of beautiful birds wing overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.
UGLY DUCKLING: If only I could look like them, just for a day!.
NARRATOR: Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground, but a farmer found him and put him in his big jacket pocket.
FARMER: I’ll take him home to my children. They’ll look after him. Poor thing, he’s frozen!.
NARRATOR: The duckling was showered with kindly care at the farmer’s house. In this way, the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter. However, by springtime, was all grown up.