The Ugly Duckling Story With Moral | Bedtime Stories | 2020

“The Ugly Duckling Stories”

On a beautiful summer day, a family of ducks is taking a swim while another is enjoying a stroll by the bank.

But one duck is sitting on her eggs among the tall leaves.

“I wonder when my babies are going to come out. They are taking so long to hatch! It is so lonely, no one has the time to visit me.”

But Mommy duck didn’t have to wait too long. Soon the eggs started cracking and the little ducklings started taking small unsteady steps out of the shells.

“Quack quack, quack quack.”

“Oooh, my babies are so beautiful! Now come and line up here all of you. One..Two..Three..Four…Five…Hey, there should be one more.”

Mother duck looked around and saw one egg that had not yet hatched.

“I think I will have to sit again on this egg till it hatches. It seems pretty large.”

Soon the last egg hatched, but the duckling that crept out was large and ugly.

“This little fellow doesn’t look like his brothers and sisters.”

The next day, Mother Duck leads her brood to the water.

“Oh! I am proud today that my ducklings are swimming so well! And how well the youngest one is swimming. Come on kids, that’s enough for today. We must get to the farm before it turns dark.”

The duck family makes its way to the farmhouse, where there are lots of other ducks.

“What is that strange-looking creature doing here? The other ducklings are so cute but this one is so big and ugly. He is ugly. We don’t want him here.”

Mother duck said, “That’s not a nice thing to say. He is still small, and I’m sure he will grow up to be beautiful too.”

But the other ducklings continued to bully and make fun of the ugly duckling.

“I hope the ducklings stop this nonsense. I can’t bear to see that poor child looking so sad.”

But as days went by, things started becoming worse for the ugly duckling. Wherever he went, everyone was mean to him saying,

“Have you ever seen anything uglier than this? Ugh! Seeing this creature in the morning, my day will also be as ugly as he is. Ha..Ha…he seems to be getting uglier by the day.”

The Ugly Duckling just wanted to hide somewhere and cry.

Even his brothers and sisters were rude to him. “Don’t come near us. Go away! I wish the cat comes and takes you.”

Mother Duck was very sad to see everyone treat the ugly ducking so badly.

“Nobody wants to talk to me or play with me because I am ugly. I will run away from here.”

So the ugly duckling flew over the fence of the farmyard and continued flying till he spotted a large moor. He decided to spend the night there.

“I am so tired. I think I will spend the night here.”

The next morning, the ugly duckling woke up to the sound of loud quacking. He opened his eyes and saw a flock of wild ducks.

“Who are you? What are you doing here?” wild duck asked.

“Can I please stay here for a while? I have nowhere to go.”

“You are ugly….(a long pause) Stay here, but don’t get in our way.” wild duck replied.

The Ugly Duckling stayed on the moor for a few days. He felt lonely, but no one bullied him or hurt him because of his looks.

One morning, the duckling heard a noise like a big bang. He lay still, too scared to move.

When he finally lifted his head and looked around, all the other ducks had fled. The ugly duckling also fled from the moor as fast as it could.

It flew as fast as its young wings would take him. However, suddenly there was thunder and lightning, scaring the little duckling.

“Brrr. I am so wet and cold. That cottage there looks warm, maybe I can
take shelter there.”

The cottage belonged to an old lady, who lived with her tomcat and hen, who found the duckling the next morning.

“Cluck cluck, meow meow”

“What is happening here? Why are you making so much noise? What is this we have here? It looks like a duck, though a very ugly one. I know what I will do. I will keep it with me and wait for it to lay eggs. Then I will have eggs from my hen and from this duck too. Ah, but I do hope this is a duck and not a drake.”

So the ugly duckling stayed with the old lady in her cottage. But here also, the tomcat and the hen made its life so miserable!

“Hey you, don’t you get scared when you see your face in the mirror? Look at me. My coat is so silky. Look at my whiskers, so long and beautiful. The mistress says my walk is so graceful. You are such a loser.” said tomcat.

“You cannot even lay an egg! Look at my eggs, such lovely big and brown
ones.” hen said.

The ugly duckling continued to be lonely. He would sit in front of the window looking at the small pond outside.

“How I wish I could swim in that pond. It used to be so nice when I swam in the cool water back home.”

“Are you mad? The mistress is not going to let you go. You have a safe house, what more do you want? Behave yourself and don’t anger the mistress, the cat, or even me. Want to swim, indeed!” said the hen.

The ugly duckling felt…

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