2021年【早起计划】第227天
《The Ugly Duckling》
A duck is sitting on five eggs.
The eggs break and five baby ducks come out.
The mother duck looks at her babies.
She has four beautiful baby ducks. But one is different.
It is big and grey. Its legs are very long.
The mother duck doesn't like it.
"Go away!" she says to the different duck."You are not my baby."
The different duck says goodbye and goes away. It's sad.
Then it sees the mother pig with her baby pigs.
"Are you my mother ?" it asks.
"No, I'm not your mother." says the mother pig .
So the different duck goes away.
Soon it sees a fox.
"Am I your baby?" the duck asks.
"No, you are not my baby ." says the fox. "But I like you. I will make you a dinner."
The different duck runs away.
It is very sad.
It wants its mother.
Then it hears a voice.
"You are very beautiful. I am your mother."
The different duck looks up.
It is a big, white bird.
It has a long neck.
"I am a swan, and you are a baby swan. You see, here are your brothers and sisiters. " says the withe birds.
swan：天鹅
人们喜爱天鹅，不仅因其洁白如玉的羽翼，也在于它令人动容的忧郁歌声。
单词 swan 来自印欧词根swon- （发出声音），这也是 sound （声音）的词源。
词源同 sound，可能是因为传说中天鹅在临死之前会发出美妙的歌声而得名。
与之同源的词根 son- （声音）颇有所出，如 resonance （共鸣）。由于 m 、 n 音变有例可循，所以也可将其与 swim 联想串记。
