The Ugly DucklingIt was summer. A duck was sitting in her nest. Her little ducklings were about to hatched.One egg after another began to crack,but the biggest one was still there. At last, it cracked.The baby was big and ugly.The next day,the mother duck with her family went down to the moat. One duckling jumped in after another. The big ugly one swam about with them.But the poor duckling was chased and harassed by all the ducklings because he was very ugly.The ducks bit him,the hens pecked him. And the girl who fed them kicked him aside.Then he ran off and soon came to a great marsh where the wild ducks lived. He stayed there for two whole days.A big dog appeared close beside him,but he did not touch the duckling. "Oh,I am so ugly that even the dog won`t bite me." Sighed the duckling.In the evening,he reached a little cottage. Because he could not lay eggs,he was driven away by the hen.one evening,he saw some swans.He flew into the water and swam towards them. What did he see in the clear water? He was no longer a dark grey ugly bird. He wa s himself a swan.He said to himself,"I never dreamed that I could be so happy when I was the ugly duckling."

譯文：夏天到了，一隻鴨子正坐在它的窩裡。它的小寶寶們就要孵出來了。一隻又一隻的蛋開始裂開，但是最大的蛋仍然在那裡。最後，它破裂了。寶寶又大又醜。第二天，鴨媽媽帶著一家去河溝裡去了。一隻又一隻的小鴨子跳了進去。這個又大又醜的鴨子在別的鴨子邊上游泳。但因為它長得很醜，不但沒有被鴨群接受，還挨啄、被排擠、被訕笑。而且在雞群中也是這樣。他因此覺得很自卑。無奈之下，醜小鴨飛過籬笆逃走了。有一次，他遇到了一隻獵狗，但那隻獵狗只是聞聞他，並沒有把他抓住。他暗自慶幸，“我醜得連獵狗也不敢咬我了！”他為自己逃生而慶幸，同時為自己長得醜而懊喪。在這以後，醜小鴨遇到了很多磨難。後來，對美好大自然、美好生活的嚮往與追求驅使著醜小鴨不再依靠別人生活。有一天，三隻美麗的白天鵝從樹陰裡一直游到他面前來，小鴨認出了這些美麗的動物，於是心裡感到一種說不出的難過。小鴨感到自己要遊向他們，就算他們把自己弄死也沒關係，因為他有一顆追求美的心。但他在水裡看到的是什麼呢，不再是那隻醜陋的小鴨了，而是——一隻美麗的天鵝！

這是一個美麗的夏天，池塘邊鴨媽媽正在巢裡孵蛋。蛋一個個裂開了，從裡面鑽出毛茸茸的小鴨子，可是，一隻最大的蛋還沒有動靜。最後這隻大蛋終於裂開了，從裡面鑽出一隻又大又醜的小鴨子。大家都叫它‘醜小鴨’。大夥兒總是欺負醜小鴨，兄弟姐妹圍起來啄它的脖子。就連公雞也經常啄它，女傭還常常用腳來踢它，因為大家都覺得它太醜了。可憐的醜小鴨自卑極了。一天，它終於跳出籬笆。離開了’家‘。一路上，醜小鴨曾遇到青蛙·兔子·鵝·小鳥·······它們都嫌棄它，不願和它做朋友。傍晚，它來到沼澤地，同野鴨住在一起。第二天早上，醜小鴨又遭到野鴨們的戲弄。突然，槍聲響起，獵鴨開始了。隨著槍響，不少野鴨們中彈倒到地上。獵犬1也再沼澤地裡竄來竄去。也許是醜小鴨太醜了，獵犬看到它都沒咬它。冬天來了，醜小鴨無處可住。好在一位獨居的善良老奶奶把它收留下來。與老奶奶作伴的還有一隻貓和一隻老母雞，它們說醜小鴨只會吃飯，又醜又懶。過了幾天，醜小鴨謝別了老奶奶，離開了那裡。醜小鴨在風雪中度過了冬天。春天來了！它來到一個湖邊m，看到美麗的天鵝在湖中游來游去，醜小鴨羨慕極了。它想著走著，不知不覺也走到了湖裡與天鵝一起遊起來。當天鵝離開時，微笑著對它說’小傢伙，你也該回家了。’它們多麼善良友好啊！這時，岸上有幾個孩子叫道：‘快來看啊，又來了一隻天鵝，這是最美的一隻了！’醜小鴨很疑惑，它低頭朝水裡看。啊!是一隻天鵝！醜小鴨變成了美麗的天鵝。