The Ugly Duckling (7)

The Ugly Duckling (7)

Very early next day, luckily for the ugly Duckling, a passing farmer found him.



He cracked the ice with his stick and freed the duckling.

He pushed him insie his warm jacket and carried him home to his wife.

" I could fatten him up, " she said.
" in a few weeks he'll make a fine roast dinner ! "

Unfortunately, the famer's two children were very naughty.

All day long they chased the duckling round the kitchen trying to grab him.




One dreadful day they chased him so much that he flew into a milk churn.

The famer's wife screamed and almost hit him with a poker.

He tried to escape but landed right in the middle of a barrel of flour.



In the upset that followed, the Ugly Duckling darted out of kitchen door, and never stopped until he reached a peacefull lake.

There he stayed, sad and lonely all winter long, until spring came.

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lomely→ lonly　訂正しました。