
#001
There was a mother duck who hatched her eggs. One
by one she hatched the most beautiful ducklings.
She could hardly wait for the last egg to open.

#002
Finally, the last egg hatched and out popped the ugliest
duckling the mother duck had ever seen. "What will the
other animals think?" she thought.

#003
The next day the mother duck took all her ducklings to
the barnyard where the animals made fun of the ugly
duckling.

#004
After that, the mother duck left the ugly duckling
behind. Knowing she was embarrassed, the ugly duckling
ran away.

#005
The ugly duckling traveled all over the countryside
looking for a new home. He couldn't find the right
one.

#006
One day the ugly duckling met a kind old woman who
took him in to live with her and her two other pets.

#007
The kind old woman's two other pets were a chicken
and a cat who liked to pick on the ugly duckling.

#008
The little duck knew he didn't belong there, so he ran
away again. It was winter now, and the duckling fell
asleep in the woods.

#009
The ugly duckling woke up, and it was spring. He
found a pond with three beautiful swans. He swam up
to them.

#010
The ugly duckling bowed his head in shame. In his
reflection he noticed something wonderful. He wasn't
a duck after all but a beautiful swan!

#011
The ugly duckling lived long and happily on the pond,
where he was kind to all the animals, no matter what
they looked like.
