THE UGLY DUCKLING

    It was bight summer day. The wheat fields had turned golden in the warm sun. Around the wheat fields, there were meadow of green grass. In the midst of the meadows and fields, stood a farm house. A stream of clean water flowed past the house. In one of those shady spots on the bank the stream, among a cluster of shrubs and plants, a mother duck sat on her eggs to hatch them.

    After a few days the shell began to crack and out game five little duckling looked very pretty. The mother duck was very happy. She stood up to see if the all eggs were hatched. No, there was one large egg-the sixth one that remained unhatched. It’s shell was harder. But mother was determined to bring every one of her brood into this world.

    What a shock she got when the last egg finally cracked. The new bird was very ugly and much bigger than the others. “It cannot my baby”, shouted the mother duck ”I wonder of he is a turkey!" Soon, it seemed that nobody like this duckling. They named him ”Ugly Duckling”. The mother duck never approved of this rude and treatment.

    His bad days had suddenly ended. He was not an ugly duckling after all. Now he changes a beautiful white swan.

A mother duck began to crack her eggs in the….