小学英语阅读之第五篇

　　A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. But one egg remained unbroken. "It is strange. Why has this egg not broken?"

　　The mother duck continued her brooding. At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born. However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.

　　The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim. The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly. "It is lucky though. That baby swims well." Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.

　　"How hideous this baby duck is. We don't want to see you. Go to a cat." His brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling. "Stop it, don't do that!" The mother duck sighed and said, "Ah! I wish that this baby could live happily at another place."

　　The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, "Mom, I will leave. Good-bye." The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.

　　When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away. "Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?" The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.

　　Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around. "Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let's make fun of him." The two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.

　　"Bang! Bang!" At that time, a hunter shot his gun. The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground. "Uh? What is this small bird?" The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.

　　"Dad, what is this poor-looking bird?" "I took it with me in order to give it to you, my son. It was trembling with fear in the water." The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.

　　"That hurts! Ow!" The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children. The dishes on the table were also broken. The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick. And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.

　　Finally spring came. The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously. "Uh! I am flying!"

　　Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming. "They are indeed pretty birds." The baby duck became sad. "Those birds may not like me as I am so ugly."

　　The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans. "Hi! Where are you going? Come and play around with us!" The baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly. At that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the lake. There was one more beautiful swan gliding gracefully across the water.

　　The ugly duckling who overcame all suffering had finally become a beautiful swan. And so he lived happily ever after.

       一只母鸭在池塘边孵蛋。一群可爱的小鸭子很快就出生了，当蛋被打破的时候，它们发出了甜美的叫声。但是有一个蛋还是完好无损的。“这是奇怪的。为什么这个蛋没有坏?”

鸭妈妈继续着她的沉思。 后，鸡蛋破了，一只小鸭子出生了。然而，与其他鸭宝宝相比，这只小鸭子很丑。

鸭子妈妈很担心，但她还是把小鸭子放在水旁边，教他们如何游泳。丑小鸭还和他的兄弟姐妹们一起游泳，急切地挪动双腿。“这是幸运的。那个婴儿游泳。他的兄弟们还在看着丑小鸭们的账单。

“这只小鸭子有多丑啊。”我们不想见你。去一只猫。他的兄弟们给可怜的小鸭一个很痛苦的时间。“住手，别这样!”鸭子妈妈叹了口气说:“啊!我希望这个孩子能在另一个地方快乐地生活。

小鸭子听到妈妈说的话，掉下了眼泪，说:“妈妈，我要走了。”再见。丑小鸭离开池塘，离开了窝。

当他走进森林时，其他的鸟被小鸭子吓坏了，跑掉了。“他们为什么要逃跑?”是因为我太可怕了吗?小鸭子变得更悲伤，在田野里慢慢地走着。

在田野旁边的水里，有两只野鸭在玩耍。“是啊，那只丑陋的鸭子是什么?”我们来取笑他吧。两只野鸭飞到空中，向小鸭子扔石头。

“砰!砰!这时，一个猎人射了他的枪。两只野鸭掉到地上死了。“呃?这只小鸟是什么?猎人带着两只野鸭回家了。

“爸爸，这只可怜的鸟是什么?”“我带着它，是为了给你，我的儿子。”它在水中吓得发抖。孩子们拽着它的翅膀和尾巴，对这只小鸭子很不开心。

“那伤害!噢!这只小鸭子从孩子们残忍的手中逃跑时，把一罐牛奶洒了出来。桌子上的盘子也破了。愤怒的猎人用他的扫帚柄把小鸭子送出去。因此，在被赶出猎人家后，丑小鸭独自度过了漫长而寒冷的冬天。

春天终于来了。这只小鸭子伸展得很好，在空中飞得很猛。“呃!我在飞翔!”

湖上有一群白色和漂亮的天鹅在游泳。“它们确实是漂亮的鸟。”小鸭子很伤心。“那些鸟儿可能不喜欢我，因为我太丑了。”

这只小鸭子试图从那群漂亮的天鹅中逃走。“嗨!你要去哪里?来和我们一起玩吧!小鸭子迟疑地靠近天鹅。在那一刻，小鸭子看到自己的出现在湖上。还有一只美丽的天鹅优雅地滑过水面。

那些克服一切苦难的丑小鸭终于变成了一只美丽的天鹅。从此，他过上了幸福的生活。