"The Ugly Ducling" Cerita Dongeng Bahasa Inggris Sebelum Tidur untuk Anak, Kisah Itik Buruk Rupa

One of the yellow ducklings pointed.  “What's that? He can't be one of us!”

“I have never seen such an ugly duckling!” said another.  

“How can you say such a thing?” said Mama Duck in a very stern voice.

“You are only one day old!  Your brother hatched from the very same nest as you did. Now line up. We will go to the lake for your very first swim.”

All the way the other ducklings quacked, “Ugly!  Ugly! Ugly!” The Ugly Duckling did not know why the other ducklings were yelling at him.  

He fell behind to take the last spot in line.

When they got to the lake, each yellow duck jumped in and swam behind Mama Duck.  

When it was his turn, the Ugly Duckling jumped in too, and he started to paddle.  “At least he can swim,” Mama Duck thought to herself.

When the yellow ducklings got out of the water and started to play, the Ugly Duckling tried to play with his brothers and sisters.  

They yelled at him, “Go away! We will not play with you! You are ugly. And you walk weird!”

The Ugly Duckling

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When Mama Duck was close by, she would not let them talk this way.  “Be nice!” she would scold. But she was not always close by.

One day, one of the yellow ducklings said to the Ugly Duckling, “You know what?  You would do us a big favor if you just went away!”

All of them started to quack: “Go!  Go away!”

“Why won’t they let me stay with them?” thought the Ugly Duckling.