On the grass next to a pond,
the mother duck's eggs were hatching.
The ducklings began to hatch and came out one by one. Only one big egg had not moved or made a sound.
"Is this big egg also a duck?" Everyone asked the mother duck, but she did not know.
The big eggshell cracked, from inside out came a big and ugly duckling. Everyone called him Ugly Duckling.
When the Ugly Duck-ling went to the pond to swim, the frog said: "Ribbit! Ribbit! I do not like you, go away!"
The Ugly Duckling had to leave the pond and
walked towards the forest ...
