英语小品剧本《TheUglyDuckling》(4)

　　fields. He should have been very happy, but he was not because he felt so

　　lonely.

　　A few days later, he looked up to see the large white birds he had seen

　　in the autumn. They looked beautiful as they landed on the lake. The

　　duckling admired their glossy white feathers and long necks. He swan over

　　to take a closer look at them.

　　"Please," he said shyly. "Will you tell me who you are. You are so

　　beautiful and I am so ugly. I've never seen anybody like you."

　　"Ugly," cried one of the white birds. "How silly!"

　　"We're swans," said another. "Why do you think you're ugly? Look at

　　yourself in the water."

　　The duckling looked and caught sight of his own reflection. He gasped in

　　surprise, for instead of seeing a fat, grey duckling he saw a swan with a

　　long elegant neck and a bright orange bill. "I'm like you," he cried. "I'm

　　a swan, too."

　　"Definitely," said the swan, with a smile.

　　"Does that mean I can stay with you, and not live alone?"

　　"Of course," said the swans.

　　At that moment two children ran down to the lake. "Ooh, look!" they

　　cried. "The swans are back and there's a new one, too. Isn't he

　　beautiful!"

　　The ugly duckling stretched his neck and ruffled his feathers with

　　pride.

　　Then it was time to go flying with all of the other swans and, as the

　　duckling took off from the lake, he could see his new beautiful reflection

　　in the water.

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