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The Ugly Duckling
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Susan Chapman
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The Ugly Duckling
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Susan Chapman
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Written by Violet FindleyIllustrated by Susan Chapman
Designed by Maria LiljaISBN: 0-439-77404-7
Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in China.
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Once upon a time, five eggs began tohatch. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
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Out popped five little ducklings. Four werefluffy and cute. One was gray and ugly.
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The cute ducks were mean to their uglybrother. They pecked at him. They said, “You are ugly. Go away!”
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One day, the ugly duckling did go away.He swam and swam. After a while, he metsome geese.
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But the geese were just as mean as theducks. They pecked at him. They said, “You are ugly. Go away!”
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Once again, the ugly duckling did go away.He swam and swam. After a while, he metsome herons.
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But the herons were just as mean as thegeese. They pecked at him. They said, “You are ugly. Go away!”
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Once again, the ugly duckling did go away.He swam and swam. After a while, he cameupon some swans. They were the most beautiful birds he had ever seen.
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When the swans swam near, the ugly duckling hid his face and cried. He did notwant them to see how ugly he was.
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Life went on like this for many months. Theugly duckling stayed by himself. He alsogrew and grew.
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One day, a swan swam over and spoke to him. “Why are you so shy?” he asked.“Because I am ugly,” said the ugly duckling.
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The swan laughed, “Have you looked in amirror lately?”
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That made the ugly duckling curious. He looked into the shiny water.
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Wow! He had grown into a beautiful swan, just like them!
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From that day on, the once ugly ducklinglived happily ever after. And he was alwayskind to all living things, from peacocks topotato bugs.
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Glossary
curious wanting to find out more about something
geese more than one goose
heron a bird with a long beakand long legs that livesnear water
pecked picking at with a beak
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