The Penguin 



The Penguin is a kind of humpty-dumpty bird. He 

 is far too fat to fly the best he can do is to waddle. 

 But his fat is very useful to him, for it is a kind of 

 greatcoat, and helps to keep him warm while fishing 

 in the bitterly cold waters around the South Pole. 

 There is only one time, in fact, when the Penguin 

 becomes lean, and that is when Mother and Father 

 are bringing up their family. Then they seem to 

 forget all about themselves, and while the little 

 Penguins grow sleek and podgy, the poor old birds 

 become so scraggy that their best friends scarcely 

 know them. 





