英语小品剧本《TheUglyDuckling》(3)

　　ducks swimming on it.

　　He swam up to them.

　　"May I stay on this lake?" he asked.

　　"Of course," said the ducks. "We'll be moving on soon. Why don't you

　　join us, if you're on your own?"

　　"Thank you," said the duckling.

　　The duckling stayed on the lake and day by day he grew bigger. One day

　　he looked up to see some large white birds flying gracefully over the

　　lake.

　　"They're beautiful," he whispered, and then sighed. "I wonder who they

　　are?"

　　One day the ducks came to see him.

　　"It's autumn, and we're going now," they told him, "join us if you want

　　to."

　　Some ducks began to fly up to leave, but suddenly loud bangs were heard.

　　Two of the ducks fell from the sky. Others flew up in fright, and more

　　fell as more bangs were heard.

　　The duckling ran and hid. He found a bush and stayed there until the

　　noise had died down. When it was quiet he sadly left the lake and headed

　　away over the fields.

　　He came to another lake and there he stayed. Winter was coming and he

　　was alone. As the days grew colder, he found that it was harder to find

　　food.

　　The one morning he woke and found that he couldn't move. The lake had

　　frozen and he was stuck in the ice. The day passed and the duckling was

　　giving up hope of being found. But late in the afternoon a man walking his

　　dog saw him. He broke the ice, and the duckling was free. He ran across

　　the ice and

　　hid. He didn't dare to go on the ice again.

　　Winter passed, spring came, and the ice melted.

　　The duckling stretched his wings and found that they were strong enough

　　to carry him. He flew upon and over the lake, high above the trees and