UGLY DUCKLING (_running to Ducklings_). Brothers, sisters, save me!

FIRST DUCKLING. Come not to us!

SECOND DUCKLING. We'll not save you!

THIRD DUCKLING. Away with you!

TURKEY. At him, hens to peck him! At him, geese to beat him! At him, all of
you!

[_They all rush upon the Ugly Duckling, who escapes them, running out of
the farmyard into the moor._]


SCENE II

TIME: _the next winter_.
PLACE: _the Peasant's cottage_.

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THE PEASANT.
HIS WIFE.
ELIZABETH.
THE CAT.
THE HEN.
THE UGLY DUCKLING.

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