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The
heavens
looked
cold
as
the
low
clouds
hung
heavy
with
snow
and
hail
.
Perched
on
the
fence
,
the
raven
screamed
,
"
Caw
,
caw
!
"
and
trembled
with
cold
.
It
made
one
shiver
to
think
of
it
.
Pity
the
poor
little
duckling
!
One
evening
,
just
as
the
sun
was
setting
in
splendor
,
a
great
flock
of
large
,
handsome
birds
appeared
out
of
the
reeds
.
The
duckling
had
never
seen
birds
so
beautiful
.
They
were
dazzling
white
,
with
long
graceful
necks
.
They
were
swans
.
They
uttered
a
very
strange
cry
as
they
unfurled
their
magnificent
wings
to
fly
from
this
cold
land
,
away
to
warmer
countries
and
to
open
waters
.
They
went
up
so
high
,
so
very
high
,
that
the
ugly
little
duckling
felt
a
strange
uneasiness
come
over
him
as
he
watched
them
.
He
went
around
and
round
in
the
water
,
like
a
wheel
.
He
craned
his
neck
to
follow
their
course
,
and
gave
a
cry
so
shrill
and
strange
that
he
frightened
himself
.
Oh
!
He
could
not
forget
them-those
splendid
,
happy
birds
.
When
he
could
no
longer
see
them
he
dived
to
the
very
bottom
.
and
when
he
came
up
again
he
was
quite
beside
himself
.
He
did
not
know
what
birds
they
were
or
whither
they
were
bound
,
yet
he
loved
them
more
than
anything
he
had
ever
loved
before
.
It
was
not
that
he
envied
them
,
for
how
could
he
ever
dare
dream
of
wanting
their
marvelous
beauty
for
himself
?
He
would
have
been
grateful
if
only
the
ducks
would
have
tolerated
him-the
poor
ugly
creature
.
The
winter
grew
cold
-
so
bitterly
cold
that
the
duckling
had
to
swim
to
and
fro
in
the
water
to
keep
it
from
freezing
over
.
But
every
night
the
hole
in
which
he
swam
kept
getting
smaller
and
smaller
.
Then
it
froze
so
hard
that
the
duckling
had
to
paddle
continuously
to
keep
the
crackling
ice
from
closing
in
upon
him
.
At
last
,
too
tired
to
move
,
he
was
frozen
fast
in
the
ice
.
Early
that
morning
a
farmer
came
by
,
and
when
he
saw
how
things
were
he
went
out
on
the
pond
,
broke
away
the
ice
with
his
wooden
shoe
,
and
carried
the
duckling
home
to
his
wife
.
There
the
duckling
revived
,
but
when
the
children
wished
to
play
with
him
he
thought
they
meant
to
hurt
him
.
Terrified
,
he
fluttered
into
the
milk
pail
,
splashing
the
whole
room
with
milk
.
The
woman
shrieked
and
threw
up
her
hands
as
he
flew
into
the
butter
tub
,
and
then
in
and
out
of
the
meal
barrel
.
Imagine
what
he
looked
like
now
!
The
woman
screamed
and
lashed
out
at
him
with
the
fire
tongs
.
The
children
tumbled
over
each
other
as
they
tried
to
catch
him
,
and
they
laughed
and
they
shouted
.
Luckily
the
door
was
open
,
and
the
duckling
escaped
through
it
into
the
bushes
,
where
he
lay
down
,
in
the
newly
fallen
snow
,
as
if
in
a
daze
.
But
it
would
be
too
sad
to
tell
of
all
the
hardships
and
wretchedness
he
had
to
endure
during
this
cruel
winter
.
When
the
warm
sun
shone
once
more
,
the
duckling
was
still
alive
among
the
reeds
of
the
marsh
.
The
larks
began
to
sing
again
.
It
was
beautiful
springtime
.
Then
,
quite
suddenly
,
he
lifted
his
wings
.
They
swept
through
the
air
much
more
strongly
than
before
,
and
their
powerful
strokes
carried
him
far
.
Before
he
quite
knew
what
was
happening
,
he
found
himself
in
a
great
garden
where
apple
trees
bloomed
.
The
lilacs
filled
the
air
with
sweet
scent
and
hung
in
clusters
from
long
,
green
branches
that
bent
over
a
winding
stream
.
Oh
,
but
it
was
lovely
here
in
the
freshness
of
spring
!
From
the
thicket
before
him
came
three
lovely
white
swans
.
They
ruffled
their
feathers
and
swam
lightly
in
the
stream
.
The
duckling
recognized
these
noble
creatures
,
and
a
strange
feeling
of
sadness
came
upon
him
.
"
I
shall
fly
near
these
royal
birds
,
and
they
will
peck
me
to
bits
because
I
,
who
am
so
very
ugly
,
dare
to
go
near
them
.
But
I
do
n't
care
.
Better
be
killed
by
them
than
to
be
nipped
by
the
ducks
,
pecked
by
the
hens
,
kicked
about
by
the
hen-yard
girl
,
or
suffer
such
misery
in
winter
.
"
