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__**THE UGLY DUCKLING ADAPTED FOR ELT BY JENNIFER HEATH **__

"The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story tells of a duck born in a barnyard, who suffers abuse from his neighbors until, much to his delight and to the surprise of others, he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all. The story is beloved around the world as a tale about personal transformation for the better. Was first published 11 November 1843 in Denmark to great critical acclaim. The tale has been adapted to various media including opera, musical, and animated film.

__PLOT SUMMARY:__
young him duck, since birth, has never fit in. He was the last egg to hatch - ugly, large and just plain different. While most of his brothers are normal, he is grey, too large, and too clumsy to fit in among the others.Though his mother tries to accept, the entire barnyard realizes that he simply does not belong .The other ducks and chickens make jokes about him. Even his mother resented him. Heartbroken and frustrated, after a period of harassment he leaves to find a place in the world where he'll be accepted.

He meet with a dog but doesn't harms him - and only make a question ¿Why are you so ugly?...The duck thinks he's too ugly that a dog don't even bite him!. Then, he comes across field and meets with an old woman, she has two pets a chicken and cat. The woman takes him home and gives food the duck. But the chicken and the cat harasses, the duck leaves house once more.

When winter comes, he sees swans flying to the south - he wish that he could be like them. He meets in his way a hunting, this man jumps for catch him. The duck achieve escape of man. Spring comes and the ugly duckling want do friends of swan. He sees some beautiful swans and thinks - they are beautifull and i'm ugly. But a swan say: ¡¡ looks in the water!!, he sees his reflection- he is a beautiful swan and most importantly, happy...Three children what are there declare that he is the most beautiful of them all. He swan think and say “I am a beautifull swan but i don´t care about the beuty but all i now appreciate happiness so much more.

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__** CHARACTERS: **__

 * **MOTHER:** she is the mother of swan
 * ** DUCKS AND ** **CHICKENS** ** : ** they are make fun the swan
 * ** DOG: ** he say what the swan is very ugly and he not to will eat it
 * **OLD WOMAN:** the old woman is the landlady the a cat and hen
 * **CAT AND HEN:** they Harass the swan
 * **THE OTHER SWAN:** He say : he is beautifull swan (ugly duck)

__**REFERENCES:**__
Heath, Jennifer, (2006). //Ugly Duclking//. English Language Teaching Edition, England.

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