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00:00The Ugly Duckling

00:06On a beautiful summer day, a family of ducks is taking a swim while another is enjoying

00:10a stroll by the bank.

00:12But one duck is sitting on her eggs among the tall leaves.

00:15I wonder when my babies are going to come out.

00:18They are taking so long to hatch.

00:20It is so lonely.

00:22No one has the time to visit me.

00:23But Mommy Duck didn't have to wait too long.

00:26Soon the eggs started cracking and the little ducklings started taking small, unsteady steps

00:30out of their shells.

00:31Quack, quack, quack, quack.

00:33Oh, my babies are so beautiful.

00:36Now come and line up here, all of you.

00:39One, two, three, four, five.

00:43Hey, there should be one more.

00:46Mother Duck looked around and saw one egg which had not yet hatched.

00:49I think I will have to sit again on this egg till it hatches.

00:53It seems pretty large.

00:56Soon the last egg hatched, but the duckling that crept out was large and ugly.

01:01This little fellow doesn't look like his brothers and sisters.

01:05The next day, Mother Duck leads her brood to the water.

01:08Oh, I am proud today that my ducklings are swimming so well, and how well the youngest

01:14one is swimming.

01:17Come on, kids, that's enough for today.

01:19We must get to the farm before it turns dark.

01:22The duck family makes its way to the farmhouse where there were lots of other ducks.

01:27What is that strange-looking creature doing here?

01:31The other ducklings are so cute, but this one is so big and ugly.

01:35He is ugly.

01:37We don't want him here.

01:39That's not a nice thing to say.

01:41He is still small, and I'm sure he will grow up to be beautiful too.

01:47But the other ducklings continue to bully and make fun of the ugly duckling.

01:52I hope the ducklings stop this nonsense.

01:55I can't bear to see that poor child looking so sad.

02:00But as days went by, things started becoming worse for the ugly duckling.

02:05Wherever he went, everyone was mean to him.

02:08Have you ever seen anything uglier than this?

02:12Seeing this creature in the morning, my day will also be as ugly as he is.

02:18He seems to be getting uglier by the day.

02:21The ugly duckling just wanted to hide somewhere and cry.

02:25Even his brothers and sisters were rude to him.

02:28Mother Duck was very sad to see everyone treat the ugly duckling so badly.

02:32Nobody wants to talk to me or play with me because I am ugly.

02:38I will run away from here.

02:40So the ugly duckling flew over the fence of the farmyard and continued flying until he

02:44spotted a large moor.

02:46He decided to spend a night there.

02:48I am so tired.

02:51I think I will spend the night here.

02:53Next morning, the ugly duckling woke up to the sound of loud quacking.

02:57He opened his eyes and saw a flock of wild ducks.

02:59Who are you?

03:01What are you doing here?

03:03Can I please stay here for a while?

03:05I have nowhere to go.

03:07You are ugly.

03:11Stay here.

03:12Don't get in our way.

03:14The ugly duckling stayed on the moor for a few days.

03:17He felt lonely, but no one bullied him or hurt him because of his looks.

03:22One morning, the duckling heard a noise like a big bang.

03:25He lay still, too scared to move.

03:28When he finally lifted his head and looked around, all of the other ducks had fled.

03:32The ugly duckling also fled from the moor as fast as it could.

03:36It flew as fast as its young wings would take him.

03:39However, suddenly there was a thunder and lightning, scaring the little duckling.

03:43Brr.

03:45I am so wet and cold.

03:47That cottage there looks warm.

03:49Maybe I can take shelter there.

03:52The cottage belonged to an old lady who lived with her tomcat and hen, who found the duckling

03:56the next morning.

03:57What is happening here?

03:58Why are you making so much noise?

03:59What is this we have here?

04:00Looks like a duck, though a very ugly one.

04:01I know what I will do.

04:02I will keep it with me and wait for it to lay eggs.

04:04Then I will have eggs from my hen and from this duck, too.

04:19Ah, but I do hope that this is a duck and not a drake.

04:25So the ugly duckling stayed with the old lady in her cottage, but here also, the tomcat

04:29and hen made its life so miserable.

04:32Hey, you, don't you get scared when you see your face in the mirror?

04:36Look at me.

04:37My coat is so silky.

04:40Look at my whiskers, so long and beautiful.

04:43The mistress says my walk is so graceful.

04:45You are such a loser.

04:47You cannot even lay an egg.

04:50Look at my eggs, such lovely big and brown ones.

04:55The ugly duckling continued to be lonely.

04:57He would sit in front of the window looking at the small pond outside.

05:01Somehow I wish I could swim in that pond.

05:03It used to be so nice when I swam in the cool water back home.

05:08Are you mad?

05:10The mistress isn't going to let you go.

05:12You have a safe house.

05:14What more do you want?

05:15Behave yourself and don't anger the mistress, the cat, or even me.

05:21Want to swim, indeed!

05:23The ugly duckling felt very, very sad, wondering what to do.

05:27I know this place is safe, but I feel like a prisoner here, being punished by being not

05:34allowed to swim.

05:36I want to swim.

05:38I want to be free to swim and fly as I please.

05:42I have to escape from here somehow.

05:44So one night, the duckling quietly crept out of the cottage and went in search of a new

05:48home.

05:49Soon he found a beautiful lake where he could swim and dive.

05:54Ah!

05:57This is such a lovely place.

05:59Feels so good to swim after so long.

06:03I hope the other animals and birds here are friendly, so I don't have to move away from

06:08here also.

06:09But alas, here too the other animals did not want to be friends with the ugly duckling.

06:14Why does everybody keep avoiding me?

06:17Just because I am ugly doesn't mean everyone has to be mean.

06:22No one wants to play with me or even talk to me.

06:25So life continued in this miserable way for the ugly duckling.

06:29Soon the seasons changed, autumn set in, and the color of the leaves changed from red to

06:34orange and then gold.

06:36Winter followed, the forest turned white, and a very cold wind set in.

06:41The dark clouds made the duckling feel even more gloomy and sad, so the duckling decided

06:46to go to the lakeside, and what a lovely sight he saw there.

06:50What are these beautiful birds?

06:52I don't think I have seen them before.

06:54Look how beautifully they spread their large wings.

06:58Looks like they are not flying, but just gliding through the sky.

07:02Though the winter grew colder, the duckling continued to swim despite the freezing water

07:07and then finally took refuge in some bushes.

07:10Finally it was spring again, plants started sprouting, and a sun peeped down from the

07:14sky.

07:15The duckling was so happy that it was becoming warm again.

07:18Everything around me has become so beautiful.

07:21My wings have also become strong, and I can now swim in the pond close by.

07:27Suddenly, the duckling once again saw the same beautiful birds that he had seen at the

07:30start of spring, and quickly ran and hid behind some bushes.

07:34Those birds are so beautiful.

07:36I better not go near them, or they too will make fun of me.

07:42I am so scared that they might kill me.

07:44I am so tired of being picked on by everybody.

07:48Just the ducklings at the farm, my own brothers and sisters, the hen and tomcat at the cottage,

07:55and everybody else.

07:57I wish I had never been born.

08:02The duckling went to a quiet spot on a lake where nobody could see him.

08:05He was very, very sad, and big fat tears rolled down its face.

08:10Suddenly the duckling saw its own reflection in the lake and couldn't believe his eyes,

08:14Before staring at him, in the clear water below, was his own reflection.

08:19No longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and repulsive to look at, instead he had turned into a graceful

08:25and beautiful swan.

08:27The ugly duckling had transformed into a beautiful swan!

08:31All of the other swans came to greet the newcomer and stroked his neck with their beaks.

08:35Finally, the ugly little thing was accepted and loved by his new friends, to whom he belonged,

08:40the beautiful and graceful swans.

08:43A family with two children came to see the swan swimming.

08:46Look!

08:47There is a new one!

08:48Father!

08:49Mother!

08:50Come here!

08:51There is another swan!

08:52A new one has arrived!

08:53The new one is the most beautiful of all!

08:57Oh, he is so young and pretty!

09:02The swan did not know how to react to so much praise.

09:05He felt shy and tried to hide his face.

09:07After being mocked and taunted and bullied for so long, he couldn't believe he was being

09:12appreciated and accepted, and he was actually being called beautiful.

09:17I never dreamt that I would see a day where someone would call me beautiful!

09:22I wish I had received the same love and affection when I was the little and ugly creature.

09:27I wouldn't have spent such a sad childhood.

09:31Why do people treat others according to their looks?

09:34That is so, so sad!

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