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The Ugly Duckling 丑小鸭

Once there was a mother duck. 以前有一个鸭妈妈。

She was sitting on seven little eggs. 她在孵七个小蛋。

One day, the eggs started to open. 一天，鸡蛋开始破裂了。

One by one, six little yellow ducklings came out of the eggs. 一个接着一个，六只小黄鸭从蛋壳里蹦出来了。

There was still one egg left. 还有一个蛋剩下。

The mother duck sat on that egg again. 鸭妈妈又坐回那个蛋上。

Two days later, out came a duckling. 两天后，出来一只鸭子。

But this duckling wasn't yellow. 但是这只鸭子不是黄色的。

It was grey, and it had a long, thin neck. 它是灰色的，它有着长长的、瘦瘦的脖子。

The other ducklings didn't like the grey duckling. 其它鸭子不喜欢灰色的鸭子。

They didn't want to play with him. 他们不想和他玩。

They said he was ugly. The little ugly duckling was sad. 他们说他很丑。丑小鸭很伤心。

Summer came. The ducklings all grew bigger, and the ugly duckling was the biggest. 夏天到了。鸭子们长大了，丑小鸭是最大的。

One day they went to a farm. 一天，他们去农场。

A chicken bit him, and the farmer kicked him. 一只鸡打了他，农夫踢了他。

The ugly duckling felt terrible. 丑小鸭觉得很糟糕。

The ugly duckling ran away. 丑小鸭逃跑了。

He went to the tall grass by the lake to live by himself. 他去湖边的高高的草坪里自己住。

He felt lonely every day. 他每天都觉得很孤单。

Autumn came. The ugly duckling got bigger and bigger. 秋天来了。丑小鸭长得越来越大。

He swam by himself every day, so he got stronger, too. 他每天自己游，所以他也变得更加强壮。

Then winter came. It was very cold, and there was ice on the lake. 之后冬天到了。天气很冷。湖面结冰。

The ugly duckling had no one to keep him warm. He felt very cold. 丑小鸭周围没有人温暖他。他觉得很冷。

Finally, spring came. One day, a little girl came to the lake with her mother. 最后，春天到了。一天，一个小女孩和她妈妈来到湖边。

 "Look at the swan," she said, "It's beautiful!" “看那只天鹅，”她说：“好美！”

The ugly duckling looked at himself in the water. 丑小鸭看着水里的自己。

He wasn't a duckling. 他不是丑小鸭。

He was a swan, a white swan with a long neck. 他是天鹅，一直有着纤长脖子的天鹅。

He wasn't ugly. He was beautiful! 他不丑。他很美！