The Ugly Duckling (1931 film)

The Ugly Duckling is a animated black and white film released by Walt Disney in 1931 as part of the Silly Symphonies series. This cartoon was later remade into a color version released in 1939.
Plot
In this version a hen is sleeping when her eggs hatch. Six chicks hatches to their delight. However, The last egg reveals a duckling who has mixed in among the farmyard chickens. The hen and the chicks walk away from him. Despite the duckling's best attempts to fit in with his chicks things don't work out. He tries to go to a dog, a cow and even a frog, but to no avail. Soon, the cow's mooing informs everyone to take shelter at once because there's a tornado coming their way. The hen and the chicks quickly run inside the hen house, but the duck has to go under the home due to them not accepting him.
However, when the hen's chicks are threatened by a waterfall, due to them being dropped off in a river by a tornado, the little duckling swims to the rescue having gone through various debris to get to them. The hen cries out in fear for her daughters' lives. The duck gets into the hen house, but once the first tree gets through, the duck and his chicks are on it. He quickly tells them to run back in the hen house saves them and a second tree comes through destroying it. This time, the duck orders his sisters to run to the fireplace blower which he jumps hard on it a few times to take hem to safety. He is lauded as a hero by his sisters. The hen picks the duckling up, recognizing him as her son and hugs him to his delight.