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“ No . ” “ Then you must not give your opinion . Clever people are speaking here . ” So the duckling sits in a corner . He feels very sad . One day the door is open . The sun and the fresh air come into the room . And the duckling wants to swim so much that he cannot keep quiet . He tells the hen . “ Swim ? What a silly idea ! ” says the hen . “ You have nothing to do . That is why you have these silly ideas . Lay eggs or purr , and they will go away . ” “ But it is so lovely to swim on the water ! ” says the duckling . “ And it feels so good when the water closes over your head . And then you go down , down to the bottom ! ” “ Lovely ? You are mad ! ” says the hen . “ Ask the cat . He is the cleverest animal I know . Does he like to swim ? Does he like to put his head under the water ? I say nothing about myself . Ask the old woman . Nobody in the world is cleverer than she is . Do you think she wants to swim ? With the water over her head ? ” “ You do not understand me , ” says the duckling . “ We do not understand you ? Then who can ? Are you cleverer than the cat ? Cleverer than the old woman ? Do not be so silly , child ! Be thankful for this house . Here you have a warm room . And you have friends . You can learn a lot from us . But you talk too much , and you are not nice to live with . Believe me , I tell you this for your own good . I tell you things you do not like to hear . That is what real friends do . So listen to me : lay eggs and learn to purr . And be quick about it ! ” “ I think I must go out into the world again , ” says the duckling . “ Yes , go ! ” says the hen . And the duckling leaves the little house . VII . The Winter Soon the duckling finds some water . There he can swim and dive to the bottom . But all the other animals keep away from him , because he is so ugly . Then autumn comes . The leaves in the forest turn orange and gold . The wind takes them and makes them dance in the cold air . Low clouds hang in the sky , full of hail and snow . A raven stands on the fence and cries , “ Croak , croak ! ” He is cold . You feel cold just looking at him . The poor duckling is very sad . One evening , the sun goes down in the middle of red and gold clouds . A group of big , lovely birds comes out of the bushes . The duckling has never seen birds like these . They are white , very white , and they have long , fine necks . They are swans . The swans give a strange cry . They open their great wings . They are leaving this cold country . They are flying away to warm lands , over the sea . They go up high , very high .
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