ugly duck

Once in the evening, when the sun rolled so beautifully, a whole flock of wonderful, large birds rose from behind the bushes, the duckling did not see such handsome men for a while: they were all white like snow, with long, flexible necks! They were swans. They let out some strange cry, waved with magnificent, large wings and flew from cold meadows to the warm edges, behind the blue sea. They rose high, high, and some vague excitement swept the poor ugly duckling. He spun in the water, like a top, extended his neck and also let out such a loud and strange cry that he himself was frightened.
wonderful birds did not go out of his head, and when they finally disappeared from sight, he dived to the very bottom, emerged again and was like beside himself. The duckling did not know the name of these birds and where they flew, but fell in love with them, as he had not yet loved anyone.
For primary school children