On the next day the weather was beautiful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her little ducklings down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. One after another the little ducklings jumped in. The water closed over their heads, but they came up again in an instant, and swam about quite prettily with their legs paddling under them as easily as possible, and the ugly duckling was also in the water swimming with them.