Chapter Four

The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan


Soon winter is past. It is spring.

The birds are singing.

The warm sun is shining.

But the Ugly Duckling is still alone.

The Ugly Duckling looks up at the sky.

He sees beautiful swans.

“I want to fly like them,” he says.

He runs and runs. And he spreads his wings.

The he rises higher and higher.

Oh,yes! He can fly!

“Wow, look at me!

I am an ugly duckling. But I can fly!”

Says the Ugly Duckling to a swan.

“No, you are not a duckling,” says the swan.

“Look into the water. You are a swan.”

The Ugly Duckling looks into the water.

He sees a beautiful swan.

“Is that me?” he says.

“I am not an ugly duckling any more.

I am a swan!”

The Ugly Duckling is very happy.


spring /sprɪŋ/ 春天

bird /bɜːd / 鸟

sun /sʌn/ 太阳

sky /skaɪ/ 天空

wing /wɪŋ/ 翅膀