Chapter 1

THÉ UGLÝ DUCKLING.

under	brôkè	dőèś
keep	ônlý	turkêy
wårm	uglý	wåter

A duck mâdè her nest under sőmè leavèś.

Shê sat on thé eggś tó^tö keep them wårm.

At last thé eggś brôkè, one^wőnè after thé őther. Littlè ducks câmè out.

Ônlý one^wőnè egg wáś^woś left. It wáś^woś a verý larĝè one^wőnè.

At last it brôkè, and out câmè a big, uglý duckling.

"Whåt a big duckling!" sãìd thé ôld duck. "Hê dőèś not lōōk lîkè us. Can hê bê a turkêy?--Wê will see. If hê dőèś not lîkè thé wåter, hê iś not a duck."

mőther	jumpèd	duckling
splash	swim	bigger
cållèd	bėgan	littlè

Thé next day thé mőther duck tōōk her ducklingś tó^tö thé pond.

Splash! Splash! Thé mőther duck wáś^woś in thé wåter. Then shê cållèd thé ducklingś tó^tö cőmè in. They åll jumpèd in and bėgan tó^tö swim. Thé big, uglý duckling swam, töö.

Thé mőther duck sãìd, "Hê iś not a turkêy. Hê iś mŷ ôwn littlè duck. Hê will not bê sô uglý when hê iś bigger."

yard	álônè	whîlè
noiśè	hurt	that
eating	knôw	wantwont

Then shê sãìd tó^tö thé ducklingś, "Cőmè with mê. Î want^wont yöü tó^tö see thé őther ducks. Stay bŷ mê and lōōk out for thé cat."

They åll went intö thé duck yard. Whåt a noiśè thé ducks mâdè!

Whîlè thé mőther duck wáś^woś eating a big bug, an ôld duck bit thé uglý duckling.

"Let him álônè," sãìd thé mőther duck. "Hê did not hurt yöü."

"Î knôw that," sãìd thé duck, "but hê iś sô uglý, Î bit him."

lővèlý	help	theŕè
wålkèd	būshéś	áfraid

Thé next duck they met, sãìd, "Yöü havè lővèlý ducklingś. They arè åll prėttý but one^wőnè. Hê iś verý uglý."

Thé mőther duck sãìd, "Î knôw hê iś not prėttý. But hê iś verý gōōd."

Then shê sãìd tó^tö thé ducklingś, "Now, mŷ dėàŕś, havè a gōōd tîmè."

But thé pōōr, big, uglý duckling did not havè a gōōd tîmè.

Thé henś åll bit him. Thé big ducks wålkèd on him.

Thé pōōr duckling wáś^woś verý sad. Hê did not want^wont tó^tö bê sô uglý. But hê cōūld not help it.

Hê ran tó^tö hîdè under sőmè būshéś. Thé littlè birdś in thé būshéś werè áfraid and flew áway.

bėcauśè	housè	wōūld
áway	hard	livèd

"It iś åll bėcauśè Î am sô uglý," sãìd thé duckling. Sô hê ran áway.

At night hê câmè tó^tö an ôld housè. Thé housè lōōkèd aś if it wōūld fåll down. It wáś^woś sô ôld. But thé wind blew sô hard that thé duckling went intö thé housè.

An ôld wōmán livèd theŕè with her cat and her hen.

Thé ôld wōmán sãìd, "Î will keep thé duck. Î will havè sőmè eggś."

growl	wålk
corner	anímálś

Thé next day, thé cat saw thé duckling and bėgan tó^tö growl.

Thé hen sãìd, "Can yöü lay eggś?" Thé duckling sãìd, "Nô."

"Then keep still," sãìd thé hen. Thé cat sãìd, "Can yöü growl?"

"Nô," sãìd thé duckling.

"Then keep still," sãìd thé cat.

And thé duckling hid in a corner. Thé next day hê went for a wålk. Hê saw a big pond. Hê sãìd, "Î will havè a gōōd swim."

But åll of^uv thé anímálś mâdè fun of^uv him. Hê wáś^woś sô uglý.

summer	áway	câkè
winter	swånśswonś	spring
flew	breàd	leavèś

Thé summer went bŷ.

Then thé leavèś fell and it wáś^woś verý côld. Thé pōōr duckling had a hard tîmè.

It iś töö sad tó^tö tell whåt hê did åll winter.

At last it wáś^woś spring.

Thé birdś sang. Thé uglý duckling wáś^woś big now.

One^wőnè day hê flew far áway.

Söön hê saw three whîtè swånś^swonś on thé lâkè.

Hê sãìd, "Î am gôing tó^tö see thôśè birdś. Î am áfraid they will kill mê, for Î am sô uglý."

Hê pūt hiś heàd down tó^tö thé wåter. Whåt did hê see? Hê saw himself in thé wåter. But hê wáś^woś not an uglý duck. Hê wáś^woś a whîtè swan^swon.

Thé őther swånś^swonś câmè tó^tö see him.

Thé childrén sãìd, "Ôh, see thé lővèlý swånś^swonś. Thé one^wőnè that câmè last iś thé best."

And they gâvè him breàd and câkè.

It wáś^woś a happý tîmè for thé uglý duckling.