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Once there was a baby bird. He grew up
with a family of ducks. He didn’t look like them,
though. He was fuzzy and gray. The other ducks
called him ugly. One day the ducks got a big
surprise. The baby bird had grown up. He had
turned beautiful. His feathers were as white as
snow. He was really a swan!
That is the tale of the ugly duckling.
Ducks are different from swans.
Grown-up swans often have bright white
feathers. They have long, curved necks.
Baby swans look different.
A mother swan lays from three to
nine eggs. After five weeks, the eggs
hatch. A baby swan has gray
feathers and a short neck.
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