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their ground. A third time he attempted it 
and again went rolling. 
“Foolish!” exclaimed a chubby little Ad- 
elie Penguin. “Where did you see the den?” 
He turned to Mannie. Now! it is true that 
though the Adelie Penguins are very short 
and much smaller than the Emperor, yet there 
are no braver little people in the world, and 
none so impatient of delay. 
“Right over there on that ridge,” Mannie 
shivered a bit at the thought of his experience. 
“You can see right into the deh from there.” 
He had hardly finished speaking when the 
chubby fellow was stomping stolidly up the 
ridge and that without orders from the big 
policeman. 
“Here! Come back there!” shouted the 
policeman. But the little fellow never stopped; 
right up the ridge he went, and if he had been 
charging right into the cannon’s mouth I doubt 
if he would have hesitated a moment. 
Right to the top of the ridge he marched. 
