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into the crowd he rolled knocking them down 
like so many ten-pins. In a moment all was 
confusion and the Penguin army was toboggan¬ 
ing head over heels to the bottom. 
“Halt! Halt!” shouted the policeman, who 
had gotten on his feet at last. You’re a foolish 
army I must say!” he exclaimed, as they turned 
about and clambered back upon their feet as 
best they could. 
“Did you see him?” exclaimed the other 
policemen. “Did he attack you?” asked the 
chubby Adelie Penguin. “How did he look? 
How did he look?” called all the women and 
children in a chorus. 
But the policeman was too much annoyed 
to answer any of their questions. He just or¬ 
dered them all back up the hill again. And 
soon he was ready to try climbing over the 
door-sill once more. But again he slipped, and 
again sent Penguins spinning in every direction. 
But this time they were much braver and held 
