THE SEA LEOPARD 
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Mannie felt sorry for them when he thought 
about it, but he was mostly too much taken up 
with his own joy at being able to swim to think 
much about it. Anyway, he paddled away and 
away, and very soon he found himself quite far 
from anyone, over among some great icebergs 
which floated about in the water, a great many 
more of them being under the water than on 
top. Mannie liked them, they seemed so huge 
and good-natured, and so silent. The sun 
shone on their sides, and painted one side pale 
yellow, while the other side was left deep 
purple shadows where there might be almost 
anything hidden, but where there was probably 
just nothing at all. 
Mannie was fancying all sorts of things 
about these great bergs, when all of a sudden he 
heard a swish, swish in the water. He looked 
about quickly, and something told him that 
the person he saw was a very dangerous fellow. 
That something was an instinct, I think, for 
hundreds of years the Penguin folks have been 
