114 
THE STRANGELAND BIRD LIFE 
You might have guessed it was a giant wave 
that did it, if there had been a cloud in the sky 
but there was not. 
“What did that?” Mannie asked, rubbing 
his knees and struggling to rise. But he was 
no more than half way on his feet than there 
came another shock and he almost tumbled 
into the sea. 
“Be careful!” screamed Stormy. “That’s 
Old Giant Killer Whale. He’s trying to shake 
us off this cake of ice, and if he does he’ll eat 
us in a second’s time!” 
“Old Giant Killer Whale!” Had not 
Mannie heard of this great monster? Hadn’t 
stories of his cruelty been often told in Penguin 
Town? Where was there anyone more to be 
feared? Would any danger on land drive one 
of his family to sea when they thought Killer 
Whale was about? And yet, here he was on a 
small cake of ice far, far from land and Killer 
Whale was coming up beneath the cake and 
trying to tumble him into the sea. 
