The went by.

Then the fell and it was very . The poor duckling had a hard time.

It is too sad to tell what he did all .

At last it was .

The birds sang. The ugly duckling was big now.

One day he far away.

Soon he saw three white swans on the lake.

He said, "I am to see birds. I am afraid they will kill me, for I am so ugly."

He put his down to the . What did he see? He saw in the water. But he was not an ugly duck. He was a swan.