Ugly Duckling in English
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00:00It was a bright summer afternoon.
00:03Mother Duck found a lovely spot under a tree by the pond to lay her eggs.
00:09She laid five eggs.
00:12Suddenly, she noticed that one of the eggs was different from the other eggs.
00:18She looked at the eggs and noticed that one of the eggs was different from the other eggs.
00:25She got a little worried.
00:28She waited for them to hatch.
00:31One fine morning, at last, one after another, the eggs began to crack.
00:40Peep peep, they said.
00:43All the eggs had come alive, and the ducklings were poking their heads out into the big world.
00:50All broke, except one.
00:54Oh, what sweet babies I have!
00:56What a lucky mother I am!
00:59But what happened to the fifth one?
01:02The Duck was worried.
01:04This last egg is taking such a long time.
01:10She sat on the egg, and gave it all the warmth that it could.
01:17This would be the most beautiful duckling of all, since this is taking so much time to hatch.
01:26One fine morning, when the egg broke, there came out an ugly grey colored duckling.
01:33Peep peep!
01:34This duckling was different from its other siblings.
01:38It was very big, and rather ugly.
01:43None of my other ducklings look like that.
01:46This one is perhaps ugly.
01:50The mother duck was surprised to see her, and was very sad.
01:56Mother hoped that one day, she would become just like her siblings.
02:02But days went by, and the duckling remained ugly.
02:06But days went by, and the duckling remained ugly.
02:11All her brothers and sisters made fun of the duckling,
02:15and they would not play with him.
02:18The duckling was very sad.
02:22You are ugly!
02:24Look at that ugly little thing on the earth!
02:29Yeah, go away! You're so ugly!
02:33We will not play with you, you ugly monster!
02:38They all laughed at him.
02:40The ugly duckling was really sad.
02:43The ugly duckling went to the pond, and looked at his reflection in the pond.
02:49Nobody likes me. I'm so ugly.
02:53The duckling decided to leave the family, and go somewhere deep into the woods.
02:59The duckling wandered all alone in the deep forest.
03:04Soon, when winter came by, there was snow all around.
03:09The duckling was sad, and he shivered with cold,
03:13but couldn't find any food to eat, or a warm place to be in.
03:19He went to a family of ducks.
03:22They rejected him.
03:24You are an ugly chap!
03:27Who was this ugly fellow?
03:30He went to stay in the hen's house.
03:33There, the hens pecked him with their beaks, so he ran away.
03:39He met a dog on the way.
03:42The dog saw him, and went away.
03:46The ugly duckling thought to himself,
03:49I'm so ugly that even the dog doesn't want to eat me!
03:55The ugly duckling sadly started wandering in the woods again.
04:00There he met a peasant, who took him home to his wife and children.
04:06But even there he was troubled by the cat that lived there.
04:10So he left the peasant's house.
04:15Soon it was spring.
04:17Everything was fresh and green once again.
04:21Walking and walking, he saw a river.
04:25He was so happy to see the water again.
04:29He went close to the river, where he saw a beautiful swan swimming.
04:34He fell in love with her.
04:36The duckling was ashamed of himself, and bowed his head low.
04:41When he bent his head, he saw his own reflection in the water,
04:46and was astonished.
04:49The duckling wasn't ugly anymore.
04:52He had turned into a handsome young swan.
04:56Now he realized why he looked different from his siblings.
05:00Because he was a swan, and they were ducks.
05:05He married the beautiful swan that he had fallen in love with,
05:09and lived happily ever after.