S: The Beautiful Duckling
FC: by Becky Q, Preston K, Farhan J, Kajal S
1: By Becky Q, Preston K, Farhan J, Kajal S
3: Once upon a time in a small pond lived a family of ducklings. There was a mom and her four baby ducklings. All of the ducklings were ugly, except for the last duckling who was very beautiful. She was called the beautiful duckling. Her two brothers and her sister were very ugly, and they were jealous of her. Since they were jealous of her, they always played devious tricks on her, and they were mean to the beautiful duckling.
5: One day, the ugly ducklings were very mean to the beautiful duckling, they were calling her names and teasing her until she couldn't take it any longer. "Why can't the other ducklings treat me the way they want to be treated!?" the beautiful duckling thought to herself. The beautiful duckling ran toward a tree and cried.
7: The beautiful duckling sat next to that tree for a long time feeling depressed and sad. The beautiful duckling was so sad that she decided to run away and hide. She ran deep into the forest and hid behind a bush.
9: When the beautiful duckling was gone for a while, the other ducklings started to wonder where she went, so they went looking in the forest for the beautiful duckling.
11: The ducklings looked for an hour, but could not find the beautiful duckling. For two more hours, they looked and finally, one duckling heard something crying. "Look! There is the beautiful duckling!" said one of the ugly ducklings. All of the ducklings were so happy to see the beautiful duckling, they cried with joy! The ugly ducklings apologized to the beautiful duckling for being so mean to her.
13: "We're so sorry!" the ugly ducklings apologized, "We should have treated you how we would want to be treated!" the ugly ducklings chirped. "It's okay! I forgive you," said the beautiful duckling, sniffling up her tears. And the beautiful duckling waddled away with the rest of the ducklings.
15: When the ducklings reached home, the mom duckling cried and hugged them all! The mom duckling cooked up some corn and bread crumbs and all the ducklings ate it right up! "I'm so happy you ducklings made up! You're all beautiful in your own way!" cheered the mom duckling.
17: All of the ducklings began being nice to each other and always remembered to treat others the way you would like to be treated. All of the ducklings lived happily ever after!