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THE UGLY DUCK

CHARACTERS:

NARRATOR

MOTHER DUCK

UGLY DUCK

DUCK 1

DUCK 2

DUCK 3

DUCK 4

HORSE

PIG

COW

GOAT

CAT

DOG

HEN

BIRD 1

BIRD 2

BIRD 3

GOOSE 1

GOOSE 2

SWAN 1

SWAN 2

SWAN 3

CHILD 1

CHILD 2

CHILD 3

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR:  Once upon a time, there was a duck family living in an old farm.  There were many animales, like horses, pigs, cows, goats, dogs, hens, and cats.  One day, mother duck layed some eggs.  A few days later, the eggs hatched and out popped five cute little ducks.

DUCK 1: Peep, peep

DUCK 2: Peep, peep

DUCK 3: Peep, peep

DUCK 4: Peep, peep

MOTHER DUCK:  Quack, Quack!.  It was about time!.  I’ll count my little babies… 1, 2, 3, 4 … 5? How strange this is.  That egg didn’t break open, and it’s the biggest egg of all!.  I don’t remember having layed five eggs.  I wonder how it got here?.  Or did I count them wrongly?. 

NARRATOR:  Suddenly, the egg broke, and a big duck came out.  It was not yellow, it was gray, with a large beak.  It was different from the other ducks.   

UGLY DUCK:  Peep, peep.  Hi mommy!. 

MOTHER DUCK:  Oh my God, what an enormous duck…an it’s so ugly!.  You can’t be mine!. 

DUCK 1, 2, 3, 4:  Ha, ha, ha, ha.

DUCK 1:  Peep!. Peep!.  Stay away from us!.

DUCK 2: Peep!. Peep!.  We don’t want to play with you!.   

DUCK 3: Peep!. Peep!.  Don’t talk to any of my brothers, do you understand?.

DUCK 4:  Peep!. Peep!.   You’re not like any of us!.  I hope the cat eats you!.

NARRATOR:  All the animals in the farm were making fun of him.  

HORSE:  Neigh!.  Neigh!.  I feel sorry for your mother.  How unfortunate to have a duck as ugly as you!.

PIG: Oink!.  Oink!.  You look like a scarecrow!.

UGLY DUCK:  Please, stop teasing me!.

 COW:  Moo!.  Moo!.  You’re not invited to my birthday party!.

GOAT:  Bleat!.  Bleat!.  You don’t belong here!  You’re so clumsy!.   

CAT: Meow!.  Meow!.  What a shame!.

DOG:  Woof!.  Woof!.  You’re so disgusting, that I can’t stand you!. 

HEN:  Cluck!.  Cluck!.  You’re a wannabe!.

UGLY DUCK:  I feel so sad for all the things you’re telling me.  

MOTHER DUCK:  Poor baby!.  Why aren’t you as beautiful as your brothers?. 

UGLY DUCK:  Mommy, you make me feel worse than ever.  Nobody loves me!. I feel so lonely!.

MOTHER DUCK:   Why don’t you go for a walk?. 

DUCK 1:  Yeah!  Get lost!. Ha, ha, ha, ha.

MOTHER DUCK:  Go to the lake, and you can stay there if you want to!.

UGLY DUCK:  I’ll go away, and I’ll never come back.

NARRATOR:  The Ugly Duck left the farm, and he walk, and walk, until he found some birds along the road.

UGLY DUCK:  Do you know of any duck with gray feathers like mine?.

BIRD 1:  I don’t.

BIRD 2:  Me neither!.

BIRD 3:  I don’t know anyone as ugly as you!.

NARRATOR:  The Ugly Duck didn’t lose hope, and kept walking to the lake, where he saw a pair of large geese.  

UGLY DUCK:  Do you know of any duck with gray feathers like mine?.

GOOSE 1:  No!. We don’t know anyone as ugly as you.  You better leave!.

GOOSE 2:  This place is dangerous.  There are some hunters over there, and they might harm you!.

UGLY DUCK:  I shouldn’t have left the farm!. 

NARRATOR:  He continued walking until he reached the other side of the lake.

UGLY DUCK:  I’m so hungry and tired!.  I’ll take a nap.

NARRATOR:  The Ugly Duck went to sleep, until someone woke him up.

SWAN 1:  What are you doing here?.   Come and swim with us, brother!.   

UGLY DUCK:  Do you really want me to go with you?.  Haven’t you seen me?. 

SWAN 2:  I don’t see what’s wrong with you.

UGLY DUCK:  Nobody likes me because I’m ugly!.

SWAN 3:  Get in the water and you’ll see.

NARRATOR:  The Ugly Duck went into the water and saw his own image.

UGLY DUCK: Oh,  I’m no longer a dark, gray, clumsy, and ugly duck.  How I’ve changed!  I hardly recognize myself!.

SWAN 1, 2, 3:  You’re a swan, just like us!.

NARRATOR:  Some little children playing in the lake, saw him and said.

CHILD 1:  There’s a new swan in the lake!. 

CHILD 2:  He’s young and graceful!.

CHILD 3:  He’s the most beautiful of all!. 

UGLY DUCK:   I never dreamed of such happiness!.  My family hated me,  and my friends humiliated me, and now I’m the most beautiful white swan.  I am no more an ugly duck!. 

THE END

AUTHOR:  HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 

ADAPTED BY:  K I D S I N C O

Moral:  We should accept one another no matter how different we might appear

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