英语小品剧本《TheUglyDuckling》(2)

　　"Is it true?" she asked, as she puffed up to the nest. "Do you have one

　　of my eggs?"

　　"I think so," said Mother Duck. They both looked in the nest.

　　"Huh," said the goose. "That's not mine. It looks more like that

　　absent-minded turkey's egg."

　　As they looked, they suddenly heard the faint tapping. The shell was

　　breaking.

　　"We'll soon see," said the goose.

　　They watched and waited.

　　"Oh," said the goose.

　　"Oh, dear," said Mother Duck, as she looked at the sixth duckling. It

　　looked most strange, it was straggly and grey where its brothers and

　　sisters were fluffy and yellow. It was also bigger than them.

　　It

　　quacked as it saw its mother.

　　"Well, if it's a turkey," said the goose, "it won't swim."

　　Mother Duck hurried her ducklings to the pond. She waddled in and

　　listened. Splash! Splish! Splosh! Splash! Splish! She turned and looked.

　　All six ducklings followed her in the water.

　　"Oh, well," she said. "He can swim. He is definitely not a turkey."

　　The sixth duckling was very good at swimming, and was soon swimming

　　better than his brothers and sisters.

　　Back at the farmyard, things did not go well for the little duckling.

　　Everyone called him an ugly duckling. The chickens laughed at him, the

　　turkeys chased him and the geese hissed at him.

　　Soon even his brothers and sisters would not talk to him, but when his

　　mother turned away, he was very sad. He decided to leave the farmyard.

　　One sunny morning, he walked out of the farmyard and didn't look back.

　　He wandered away, looking for somewhere new to live.

　　When he'd been walking a while he came to a large lake. There were some