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THE STRANGELAND BIRD LIFE 
village was preparing to go to the top of the hill 
and destroy this bold robber and his home. 
A very bold and imposing company they 
made, too, as they marched along all in good 
order. First, there were the Policemen, and 
then the Emperors, then the wives of police¬ 
men and emperors, then all the children of this 
part of the village. After these came the hun¬ 
dreds and hundreds of dutchy little Adelie Pen¬ 
guins, followed by their wives and children. 
Of course, it was not expected that these little 
people would do much fighting, but they would 
come in handy if it was necessary to lay siege 
to the place, for they could dig trenches and 
build stone walls. 
“We’ll catch him!” shouted the Policemen. 
“We’ll catch him!” answered the emperors. 
“We’ll catch him!” echoed the chubby little 
Adelie Penguins. “We will, we will!” shouted 
all the women and children in a chorus, and so 
they marched along with Mannie in the front 
row showing them the way. 
