丑小鸭

It was a lovely summer in the countryside. A mother duck was busy hatching eggs. Finally, the eggs began to crack. Little ducklings came out one by one. But one big egg was still lying there. The mother duck sighed and sat down on it again.

乡下的夏天真漂亮啊。鸭妈妈正在窝里忙着孵蛋。 终于，鸭蛋都裂开了。小鸭子们一个一个地钻了出来。 但还有一只很大的蛋仍然躺在窝里。鸭妈妈叹了口气，又坐到了蛋上。

Several days later, a duckling came out of the egg. He was large and ugly. “ Is this my baby?“ the mother duck was confused. " Is that a turkey's egg?” The mother duck took the ducklings to the river. Everyone was swimming around, including the ugly duckling. The mother duck relaxed and smiled. " He is not a turkey, he is my child. I‘ll call him Ugly Duckling. ”

又过了好几天，一只小鸭子从蛋里钻了出来。他长得又大又丑。 “我的孩子怎么会长成这样呢？” 鸭妈妈疑惑不已。“难道我孵的是火鸡蛋？ ” 鸭妈妈领着孩子们到河里游泳。小鸭子们游得非常棒，那个丑丑的小家伙也灵活地划着水。 鸭妈妈这才放心了笑了。“他虽然丑了点儿，但也是我的孩子呢。就叫他'丑小鸭'吧。”

One day, an old duck came to see the ducklings. When she saw Ugly Duckling, she said to the mother duck, " This one is ugly. What a shame! ” “ Madam, he's not handsome, but he’s a good boy，“ the mother duck said.

一天，一只老母鸭来看这群小鸭子。 当看见丑小鸭时，她鄙夷的对鸭妈妈说道，“他长得这么丑，真给你丢脸啊！” “太太，虽然他长得不好看，但是脾气非常好。”鸭妈妈回道。

One day, the mother duck took her kids to a chicken farm. The ducklings and chickens soon became friends, but no one wanted to play with Ugly Duckling. They laughed at him and gave him leftovers to eat. Ugly Duckling felt very sad.

一天，鸭妈妈带着小鸭子们去养鸡场找东西吃。 其他的小鸭子都和小鸡成了好朋友，可是没人愿意和丑小鸭玩。 他们不仅嘲笑他，还总让他吃剩饭。丑小鸭伤心极了。

As time went by, things got even worse. No one wanted to stay with Ugly Duckling. Finally even his mother began to dislike him. Poor Ugly Duckling ran off and soon came to a marsh where some wild ducks lived. But the wild ducks wouldn't talk to him, either.

情况一天比一天糟。 没人想和丑小鸭待在一起。最后，就连鸭妈妈都开始嫌弃他了。 可怜的丑小鸭跑走了，很快就来到了一片住着野鸭的沼泽地里。 可是连野鸭们也不愿意和他说话。

Two wild geese found poor Ugly Duckling. " Would you like to fly away with us?" they asked. Ugly Duckling wanted to. But before he could reply, the two wild geese were shot dead by hunters. Hearing the shots, the wild ducks flew off at once. Ugly Duckling hid himself in the reeds.

两只野生的大雁发现了丑小鸭。“你愿意跟我们一起飞走吗？”他们问道。 丑小鸭愿意极了。可他还没来得及回答，两只大雁就被猎人们射杀了。 听到枪声，野鸭们立刻四散逃命。丑小鸭躲在芦苇丛中。