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One morning , the duckling cannot take any more . He runs and flies over the fence . There are little birds in the bushes . They see him and fly away in fear . “ They are afraid of me because I am ugly , ” thinks the duckling . He closes his eyes and flies on and on , far away . At last he comes to a big marsh . A marsh is a wide , wet place with water and tall grass . Wild ducks live there . The duckling stays on the marsh all night . He is very tired and very sad . In the morning , the wild ducks fly up into the air . They see the new duck and look at him . “ Who are you ? ” they ask . “ What kind of duck are you ? ” The duckling bows his head . He says hello to them all , very politely . But he does not answer their question . “ You are very ugly , ” say the wild ducks . “ But that does not matter to us . Just do not marry anyone from our family ! ” Poor duckling ! He does not think of marriage at all . He only wants to lie in the tall grass and drink a little water from the marsh . Two days go by like this . Then two wild geese come to the marsh . They are very young . They came out of their eggs only a short time ago . So they are very cheeky . “ Listen , friend , ” says one of the young geese . “ You are so ugly that we like you ! Do you want to come with us ? You can fly with us from country to country . Like a real bird ! ” “ Not far from here there is another marsh , ” says the other goose . “ Some very pretty wild geese live there . And none of them has a husband . It is a chance for you to get a wife ! Who knows ? Maybe you are lucky , ugly as you are . ” The duckling does not say anything . He looks at the two young geese and thinks . V . The Hunters Suddenly there is a noise in the air . Bang ! Bang ! The two young geese fall dead into the tall grass . The water goes red with blood . Bang ! Bang ! The noise comes again , near and far . Lots of wild geese fly up out of the grass . But the shooting goes on , from every side . There are men with guns all around the marsh . They are hunters . Some of them sit on the branches of the trees . Blue smoke from the guns rises like clouds over the dark trees . Then it moves slowly away over the water . And then the dogs come . They run and jump into the water . Splash , splash ! The grass bends under them everywhere they go . The poor duckling is so afraid ! He turns his head and hides it under his wing . At that moment , a huge dog comes very close to him . Its mouth is open and its tongue hangs out . Its eyes shine in a scary way . The dog puts its nose right next to the duckling . It shows its long , sharp teeth . The duckling does not move . He does not breathe . And then . . . splash , splash ! The dog goes off into the water . It does not touch him !
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