OLD GIANT WHALE 
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He didn’t have long to think about it, for 
in just a second there came another shock, and 
down he went. Stormy had managed to get on 
his feet and spread his wings. Away he sailed 
high in the air, from which safe distance he 
shouted encouragement to his young compan¬ 
ion. What a terrible experience it was! Now 
Mannie was on his feet and gaining in the 
hope that the monster was gone, but just then 
down he would go. Now he was standing on 
his head with the cake of ice standing on its 
edge in the water. Now he was on his back 
looking up into the blue sky where Stormy 
soars aloft. Now he was rolling over and over, 
and frantically waving his feet to get some hold 
on the slippery ice surface. It surely looked 
as if Mannie Penguin would be among the 
missing children of his little village, and that 
his family and friends would go back to their 
winter home mourning this happy little mem¬ 
ber of their family. 
