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One day, a mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way to a nearby
lake. The ducklings were very happily following their mother and quack-quacking

along the way.

All of a sudden, the mother duck saw a fox at a distance. She was frightened .

She started shouting to her ducklings, “Children, hurry to the lake. There’s a fox!”

The ducklings hurried towards the lake. duckling : baby of a duck
frightened : afraid
The mother duck wondered what to do. She began dragging : pulling

to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the worried : concerned

ground.

When the fox saw her, he became happy. He said to himself, “It seems that

she’s hurt and can’t fly! I can easily catch and eat her!” Then, he ran towards
her.

The mother duck started running in the opposite direction leading the fox

away from the lake. The fox followed her. She took the fox away from the lake.

She said to herself, “Now, he wouldn’t be able to harm my ducklings.”

The mother duck looked towards her ducklings and saw that they had

reached the lake. She was not worried now, so she stopped and took a deep

breath.

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