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THE STRANGELAND BIRD LIFE 
time,” he added with a merry wink, seeing how 
confusing all these strange conditions were to 
poor Stormy who had always lived in the 
northern hemisphere. 
Huskie’s master was a tall, strong, white 
man, a scientist and an explorer. He was glad 
to see Stormy, but instead of making him a 
long speech as the Penguin people had done, 
he threw him a choice bit of blubber, which 
pleased Stormy very much better than the 
speech. 
When Stormy had had a good night’s sleep 
he felt quite ready for any new adventure and 
quite sure he would like this country very well, 
if ever he had his difficult geography lesson 
learned. 
“Huskie says these Penguin folks are the 
most interesting people in the world,” he said 
to himself, “and I shouldn’t wonder a bit if he 
was right.” 
