一天晚上，太陽正在下山，夕陽輝煌絢爛，一群漂亮的大鳥灌術(shù)叢中飛過來。丑小鴨從未看到過如此美麗的東西，他們長著彎曲的長頸，羽毛自得耀眼。他們是天鵝，發(fā)出一種奇特的叫聲。他們展開美麗的寬闊的翅膀，離開寒冷的地區(qū)，向溫暖的陸地和廣闊的海洋飛去。
They mounted so high, so very high, and the ugly little duckling became strangely uneasy. He circled around and around in the water like a wheel, craning his neck out into the air after them. Then he uttered the shriek so piercing and so strange that he was quite frightened by himself. Oh, he could not forget those beautiful birds, those happy birds.And
as soon as they were out of sight, he ducked right down to the bottom and when he came up again, he was quite beside himself. He did not know what the birds were or where'd they flew. But all the same, he was more drawn towards them than he had ever been by any creatures before. He did not envy them in the least.e How could it occur to him even to
wish to be such a remarkable beauty'? How thankful he would be if only the ducks would have tolerated him among them, poor ugly creature.
他們飛得那么高，那么高遠(yuǎn)，丑小鴨變得莫名地不安。他像輪子一樣在水面上轉(zhuǎn)著圈，跟他們一樣把脖子伸到空中。然后，他發(fā)出一聲尖叫，聲音如此清澈，如此陌生，他被自己嚇了一大跳。哦，他忘不了那些美麗的鳥兒，那些快樂的鳥兒。等他們在視野中消失，他迅速俯沖到水底，當(dāng)他再探出水面的時候，他感到異常地激動。他不知道那些是什么鳥，或者他們要飛向哪里。但是，他深深地被他們吸引，這種吸引力超過了他以前見過的任何生物。他一點也不嫉妒他們。他甚至希望自己變得那樣美麗，他怎么莫名其妙地會有這種想法呢？只要鴨子們會容忍他，接受他，他就感激不盡了，可憐的丑東西。
Early in the morning, a peasant came along and saw him. he went out onto the ice and hammered a hole in it with his heavy wooden shoe, and carried the duckling home to his wife. There, it soon revived. The children wanted to play with it. But the duckling thought they were going to ill use him and rushed in and he frightened to the milk-pan, and the milk spurted out all over the room. The woman shrieked and threw up her hands. Then it flew to the butter-cask and down into the meal-tub and out again. Oh, just imagine what it looked like by this time. The woman screamed and tried to hit it with the tongs, and the children tumbled over one another in trying to catch it, and they screamed with laughter.
清晨，一個農(nóng)民走過來看見了他，他走到冰面上，用厚重的木鞋在冰面上砸了一個洞，把小鴨子帶回家給他的妻子。在那里，丑小鴨很快蘇醒了。孩子們想和他玩耍，但他以為他們要傷害自己，惶恐不已，沖進(jìn)了牛奶盤里，牛奶濺得滿屋子都是。女主人尖叫著，把她的手高高舉起。之后小鴨飛進(jìn)了黃油罐和面粉桶，又躥了出來。噢，想象一下這時他的模樣吧。女主人驚叫著，試圖用鉗子打他，孩子們想捉住他，結(jié)果絆倒在一起，他們大笑著，大叫著。
By good luck, the door stood open and the duckling flew out among the bushes and the new fallen snow. And it lay there, extremely exhausted, but it would be too sad to mention all the privation he had to go through during that hard winter. When the sun began to shine warmly again, the duckling was in a marsh, lying among the rushes. The birds were singing, and the beautiful spring had come. Then all at once, he raised his wings and they flapped with much greater strength than before and bore him off.Before he knew where he was, he found himself in a large garden with the apple trees in full blossom. And the air was scented with lilacs, the long branches of which overhung the shores.Oh, the spring freshness was so pleasant. Just in front of him, he saw three beautiful white swans advancing towards him from a thicket. With rustling feathers, they swam lightly over the water. The duckling recognized the majestic birds, and he was overcome by a strange melancholy.
