The ugly duckling.
There once was a mother duck. One day, she was waiting for her eggs to hatch. Crack! Crack! Crack! One by one, all the eggs hatched except one. This egg was larger and browner than the rest.
Finally, a large, ugly looking bird popped out of the egg. The mother duck was very disappointed. The other ducklings made fun of the ugly one. You look so ugly. Yeah, you are not like us. The ugly duckling was so sad.
One night, the ugly duckling decided to leave and find a new family who might want him. He walked and walked with hope. When he saw a family of different ducks, he said: Hello there! You are so ugly. Go away. All the ducklings said. Okay, bye.
He had to waddle off again in search of a nicer family.
The next day, the ugly duckling came to a pond filled with a family of geese. Hello there! You were so ugly! Go away! All the gosling said. Okay, bye.
Here again, he couldn't stay. With no family, the ugly duckling had to survive the cold winter alone. When spring came, the ugly duckling went into a clear pond and saw a family of the most beautiful birds, swans.
He wanted to join them but didn't dare to ask. Suddenly, a graceful swan came to the ugly duckling. Oh, how beautiful you are! You have the whitest feathers I have ever seen!
Confused, the ugly duckling looked at his reflection in the water. He was not an ugly duckling at all. He was a beautiful white swan with a long and elegant neck. The swan lived happily with his new swan family