He ran to hide under some bushes. The little birds in the bushes were afraid and flew away.
| because | house | would |
| away | hard | lived |
"It is all because I am so ugly," said the duckling. So he ran away.
At night he came to an old house. The house looked as if it would fall down. It was so old. But the wind blew so hard that the duckling went into the house.
An old woman lived there with her cat and her hen.
The old woman said, "I will keep the duck. I will have some eggs."
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| corner | animals |
The next day, the cat saw the duckling and began to growl.
The hen said, "Can you lay eggs?" The duckling said, "No."