56 
THE STRANGELAND BIRD LIFE 
Your mother will not desert you. She bent 
down and tucked Mannie in a little closer and 
gave him a fond pat. Nobody in the world is 
more fond of her children than Mother Pen¬ 
guin is, and no one will fight longer and harder 
to protect them from danger. 
Wilder and wilder the wind blew. Soon 
sharp bits of snow went cutting through the 
air. 
“Whew,—whew,—” they sang, “Through, 
through, 
Straight from the mountains, too. 
Hide your heads little Penguin chicks 
Under the robes so nice and thick. 
Whew! Whew! Through! Through! 
We’re coming through!” 
Soon the air was so white that when Man¬ 
nie looked out he could not see to his neigh¬ 
bor’s door-step. Soon the snow was piling up 
all about them and already it was almost up to 
his nose. 
