Gap-fill: The Ugly Duckling 1

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On a warm summer day, Mother _______ [vịt] sat on her eggs. She waited and waited. Finally, the eggs began to crack [nứt]. Out came five cute yellow ducklings [vịt con]. But one egg, bigger than the others, was still not open.

Mother Duck waited some more. At last, the big egg cracked. Out came a _______[lạ]-looking bird. It was big and _______ [xám], not small and yellow like the others.

Mother Duck thought, "That can't be a duck!" But, she loved all her children. She took them all to the _______ [ao] to swim.

The yellow ducklings jumped in [nhảy vào] easily. The big gray one jumped in too. It swam even better than the others!

But life was _______ [khó khăn] for the gray duckling. The other animals in the farm were mean [độc ác] to him.

"You're too big!" said the yellow ducklings. "You're too _______ [xấu xí]!" laughed the chickens. "Go away!" honked [kêu] the geese [ngỗng].

The _______ [tội nghiệp] duckling felt very sad and alone [cô đơn]. Even Mother Duck couldn't stop the others from being mean. Every day, the duckling _______ [ước] he looked like his brothers and sisters.

One day, he couldn't take it [không chịu nổi] anymore. "I'll run away," [chạy trốn] he thought, with tears [nước mắt] in his eyes. "Nobody wants me here."

That night, the duckling left the farm [nông trại]. He walked and walked until he found a big marsh [đầm lầy], where other birds lived.