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could not answer any of them. And all the 
time, more and more people were gathering 
around him and all talking at once. They 
asked questions of one another and of him, and 
made such a hub-bub that in just a few 
moments the whole town was talking about it. 
Grown people and children were calling at 
the top of their voices. He could hardly have 
created a greater excitement if he had an¬ 
nounced that the whole town was to be attacked 
by a great band of robbers at the very next 
moment. 
But it was not much to be wondered about 
that his discovery had created such a com¬ 
motion, for this very robber had done great 
damage to this very village. Many a Penguin 
mother was childless because her egg had been 
stolen by this bold fellow, and those bones in 
his nest were the bones of children stolen from 
this very village. 
Mannie was led away by the Policeman to 
the Emperor, and in just an hour the whole 
