第壹幕
The Ugly Duckling Hatches
醜小鴨出殼
(A mother duck sits on many eggs.)
（鴨媽媽正在孵蛋。）
Motber Duck: Oh,I am tired.I hope these eggs hatch soon. I wnat to swim in the water.
鴨媽媽：噢，我很累。我希望這些蛋很快就能孵出小鴨子來。我想去水裏遊泳。
(Crack!Crack!)
（劈啪！劈啪！）
Duckling 1: Peep,peep!Where am I?
小鴨子1：唧，唧！我在哪兒？
Duckling 2: Peep,peep!Where is Mommy?
小鴨子2：唧，唧！媽媽在哪兒？
Motber Duck: Quack,quack!Oh,my babies.I am here.
鴨媽媽：嘎，嘎！哦我的寶貝們。我在這兒。
(Finally,the last egg hatches.)
（終於，最後壹個蛋也孵出小鴨子出來了。）
Ugly Duckling: Peep,peep!Mommy!
醜小鴨：唧，唧！媽媽！
Motber Duck: Oh,my!You are ont like the other ducklings.you are big and ugly!
鴨媽媽：噢，天吶！妳和其他小鴨子長得不壹樣。妳又大又難看。（The mother duck takes her ducklings to the water.)
（鴨媽媽帶著她的小鴨子們下水了。）
Duckling 1: Wow!It is fun to swim in the water.
小鴨子1： 哇！在水裏遊泳真好玩兒。
Ugly Duckling: Can I play with you?
醜小鴨： 我能和妳們玩兒嗎？
Duckling 2: No!You are too big and ugly.We don't want to play with you.
小鴨子2： 不行！妳太大太難看了。我們不想和妳玩兒。
Ducklings: Go away!
小鴨子們： 走開！
(The Ugly Duckling goes to a farm.)
（醜小鴨來到壹個農場。）
Ugly Duckling: Hi!Can I play with you?
醜小鴨： 嗨！我能和妳們玩兒嗎？
Farm Animals: No,you can't.We don't like you.You are a big ugly duckling.Go away!
農場的動物： 不，妳不能。我們不喜歡妳。妳是壹只又大又難看的小鴨子。走開！
Ugly Duckling: (crying)Nobody likes me!will run away.
醜小鴨： （哭著說）誰也不喜歡我！我要跑得遠遠的。Act 2
第二幕
Nobody likes the Ugly Duckling
誰都不喜歡醜小鴨
(The Ugly Duckling runs to a matsh.)
（醜小鴨跑到壹片沼澤裏。）
Ugly Duckling: Oh,there are big marsh ducks!(to a marsh duck)I want to play with you.
醜小鴨： 哦，那兒有壹群大野鴨！（對壹只大野鴨說）我想和妳們玩兒。
Marsb Duck: No!You don't look like us.Look into the water.You are an ugly duckling!
野鴨： 不行！妳和我們長得不壹樣。對著水照照。妳是壹只醜小鴨！
Ugly Duckling: (looking into the water)The marsh duck is right.I am an ugly duckling.(sighing)I am sad.
醜小鴨： （往水裏看去）野鴨是對的。我是壹只醜小鴨。（嘆了口氣）我很難過。（The Ugly Duckling runs to a house.There is a big dog.)
（醜小鴨跑到壹棟房子前。那裏有壹只大狗。）
Big Dog: Growl!Who are you?
大狗： 汪！妳是誰？
Ugly Duckling: Hello!I am Ugly Duckling.Can I live in this house with you?
醜小鴨： 妳好！我是醜小鴨。我能和妳壹起住在這棟房子裏嗎？
Big Dog: Growl!No,you can't.I don't want to live with an ugly duckling.
大狗： 汪！不，妳不能。我不想和壹只醜小鴨住在壹起。
(The Ugly Duckling runs to a pond and sees beautiful swans.)
（醜小鴨跑到壹個池塘邊看到了美麗的天鵝。）
Ugly Duckling: The swans are beautiful.They are swimming in the pond.(sighing)I want to be like them.
醜小鴨： 天鵝真美呀。他們在池塘裏遊泳。（嘆了口氣）我想和他們壹樣。Act 3
第三幕
The Ugly Duckling in winter
冬天的醜小鴨
(It is winter.The Ugly Duckling is in the pond.)
（冬天來了。醜小鴨在池塘裏。）
Ugly Duckling: Oh,it is so cold.The water is frozen.I must keep swimming,or I will die.But I can't crack the ice.I can't swim.(A man sees the Ugly Duckling.)
醜小鴨： 噢，太冷了。水都結冰了。我必須不停地遊泳，要不我會死的。但是我破不開冰。我沒法遊泳。（壹個人看見了醜小鴨。）
Man: Oh,poor duckling!You are freezing.Don't worry.I will take you to my house.It is warm there.
男人： 喔，可憐的小鴨子！妳凍僵了。別擔心，我會把妳帶回家。那兒很暖和。(in the man's house)
9在那個人的房子裏）
Ugly Duckling: It is very warm.I can move now.
醜小鴨： 真曖和。我現在能動了。
Cbildren: (laughing)Ha-ha!You are a big and ugly duckling.We don't like you.Go away!
孩子們： （笑著說）哈哈！妳是壹只又大又難看的小鴨子。我們不喜歡妳。走開！
Ugly Duckling: The children are bad to me.I am tired.I will run to the marsh.
醜小鴨： 孩子們對我壹點兒都不好。我好累呀。我要跑回沼澤去。
(in a cold home by the water)
（在水邊冰冷的窩裏）
Ugly Duckling: It is cold here.(crying)I am alone.I am lonely.
醜小鴨： 這兒真冷呀。（哭著說）就我壹個人。我很孤獨。Act 4
第四幕
The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan
醜小鴨變天鵝
(Soon winter is past. It is spring.)
（冬天很快過去了。春天來了。）
Ugly Duckling: Oh,it is warm.Look!The birds are singing.The sun is shining.But I am still alone.
醜小鴨： 哦，天氣暖和了。看吶！鳥兒在唱歌。太陰在照耀。可我還是壹個人。
(The Ugly Duckling looks up and points at the sky.)
（醜小鴨擡起頭，望向天空。）
Ugly Duckling: There are beautiful swans flying in the sky!I want to fly like them.OK!I will try.(The Ugly Duckling runs and runs.He spreads his wings.)
醜小鴨： 美麗的天鵝在天上飛！我想象他們那樣飛。好！我要試壹試。（醜小鴨跑起來。他張開了翅膀。）Ugly Duckling: Yes,yes!I can fly!(to a swan)Look at me!I am an ugly duckling.But I can fly!
醜小鴨： 噢，噢！我可以飛了！（對壹只天鵝說）看看我！我是壹只醜小鴨。但是我會飛！
Swan: Yes,you can fly.But you are not a duckling.Look into the water.You are a swan now.
天鵝： 是的，妳會飛。但妳不是壹只小鴨子。對著水照照。妳現在是壹只天鵝了。
Ugly Duckling: waht?(The Ugly Duckling looks into the water.)
醜小鴨： 什麽？（醜小鴨往水裏看去。）
Ugly Duckling: Oh,is that me?I am not an ugly duckling any more.(happily)I am a swan!
醜小鴨： 噢，那是我嗎？我不再是壹只醜小鴨了。（高興地）我是壹只天鵝！