10th: Ugly Duckling

　There was a mother duck in the thick woods.   
She sat upon her nest, watching for her brood to hatch. She felt pleasant at first, but she began to think it bored task because one of her eggs had taken long time to come out of their shells.

At last the great egg broke, and the latest bird was born. But he was so big and ugly. After a while, the other ducklings started to look down on him because of his big and ugly looks. He became miserable because he was laughed at by the whole farmyard. It lasted from day to day, and got worse and worse. One day, he ran away from home to a large moor inhabited by wild ducks. The ducks took great care of him.

Then, the sound of a gun sounded in the air....

I have already knew this story and the ending. But I didn't know the scene which I wrote last. How do you think the ugly duckling survived?