Chapter 24 The Tragedy of an Ugly Duckling

The doctor likes to think very much. Although he does not have glasses, a pipe or a cane, he is just a very old duck, but because he is old and knows a lot, he is honored as a doctor by members of the duck family.He is a very kind old man, he doesn't put on airs at all, and he is very kind to all the juniors. At this time, a young and beautiful duck came here with her newborn children in the distance.An expression of excitement appeared on her face. She wanted to take the children to meet the highly respected doctor in the duck family, and let the children learn from the doctor and become respected people.Behind her followed a group of ducklings, they were so cute, except for one, he was ugly, with a dry body and a wrinkled face, but his bones were quite big.His mother treated him like a sibling, but he wasn't content. He thought being a duck, especially an ugly one, was awkward.

When they walked up to the doctor, all the little ducklings seemed a little cautious, but when they saw how amiable the doctor was, they were no longer afraid, and looked curiously at this strange and kind old man.The doctor looked at them too, including the very ugly duckling. "I hope, I hope you can teach them some knowledge, so that they can all be successful ducks." The young mother begged. "Of course. Let them come to me every Tuesday and Friday." So on Tuesday, the mother duck came with her ducklings.The weather is very good, the sun is shining softly on the earth, and there is a fresh fragrance of grass in the air.The ducklings looked around as they walked.All kinds of wild flowers are dotted in the grass, just like the stars are dotted in the night sky.The ants were busy doing their work, and the little ant who walked at the end scratched the armpit of the ant in front, but was seen by the captain and was given a lesson.Wearing a green coat, the weaver girl danced lightly from one blade of grass to another.

Two voles met, and they greeted each other in a friendly way.Oh, how polite they look, you can tell they are well educated.A snail crawled slowly, he crawled too slowly, and the only thing the poor man could be jealous of was earthworms, because he couldn't even think of animals that could move faster than earthworms... They came to the doctor's house The place.All the ducklings sat neatly in a row on the grass, and the Doctor stood before them. "Today I'm going to tell you a beautiful story about a little swan who was born shortly after he was unknown to the ducks and they took him for an ugly duckling, but he was a swan after all and he grew into a The most beautiful swan," the doctor closed his eyes, "that was when I was young, and by chance I heard a story that a little girl read to others. It was written by a man named Andersen, named 'Ugly Duckling'..."

So the doctor began to tell this story, and the ducklings were fascinated by it, even the mother duck was attracted. When the story was finished, the doctor said, "Okay, let's stop here today. Go back and try to recall this story as much as possible, and remember it." Back home, the ducklings began to talk about the story enthusiastically.Only the ugly duckling sat there thinking hard, and the mother duck went to him and asked, "What's the matter with you? My child." "I——is—a swan." The duckling murmured to himself dreamily. "Oh, my God! What are you talking about, how can you come up with such strange ideas. In my opinion, a child should not meditate alone, otherwise he will have strange ideas."

"No, I'm a swan: I'm sure! From the duck's point of view, I'm ugly, big and gray, and not at all like the other ducklings." "That's because your father's coat is gray," Mother explained. "Who can believe this, other ducklings are not like this!" "Listen to me, son, you are indeed a duck. You should think about how to spend your life as a duck, and you should not think about things that have nothing to do with you." The mother said patiently. "No, you have no right to control me, I'm not your son," the duckling said very rudely, "I don't want to be a stupid duck, I'm a swan!"

Since then, the duckling has left home.His mother was particularly sad and often cried alone there. The other ducklings have been able to study with the doctor alone.The poor mother didn't want the doctor to know about her son, so they told the doctor that the ugly duckling had something to do and couldn't study anymore. This ugly duckling has come to a river far from home.Every day he would catch small fish from the river to eat, and then he would lie down and sleep.Just eat and sleep like this, eat and sleep, and live a leisurely life.At this moment, he just had a full meal and felt his stomach was bloated, so he wanted to take a walk along the river.

He got up, staggered and almost fell because he had grown so fat.Then he walked waddlingly.He saw beautiful wild flowers blooming by the river, their slender branches waving in the wind. "Yes, these flowers are beautiful," he thought, "I used to admire them when I saw them, but one day when I become a white swan and fly happily in the sky, any flower will be more beautiful than me. Not me. Oh, yes, and those ducklings, how different they will be from me! Fortunately, I left them at the beginning, and now my life is so comfortable." He thought and took a photo by the water According to my own shadow, it is the image of a fat and strong duck. "It's not yet the time, when the time comes I will become a swan." He comforted himself.

He felt tired, so he lay down and looked up at the clouds in the sky.Because it is dusk now, the clouds are dyed a lovely rose color by the setting sun.There was a cloud, no matter how he looked, he looked like a swan with wings spread.Then he felt himself turned into a white swan and flew up to the sky to be with the rosy cloud swan, and then he fell asleep. A fat woman walked by the river and found him.She was very happy, because her house was going to have guests at night, and she was worried that she didn't have any good dishes, and now this good dish was delivered to her door.She grabbed the duckling with a snap and walked home.The duckling struggled, and his strength was so great that the woman had to hug him desperately. Fortunately, her home was not far from the river.

When they got home, the woman slaughtered the duckling. The duckling struggled like crazy and shouted, "Don't do this, I'm a swan!" He slaughtered. "This is the toughest duck I've ever slaughtered," she grumbled. Then, the woman cooked the duckling with her excellent cooking skills.Now, placed in the middle of the table, he looked so inviting that he was the preeminent dish on the table.