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LITTLE FOLKS 
A BIRD WITHOUT WINGS. 
I don't mean that he has not something in the place for wings, 
but as far as any use of them is concerned, they are not wings, but 
paddles. When this curious fellow goes about on land, he walks 
upright — as you see in the picture, and when he goes in the water 
he can swim and dive with the greatest ease, using his wings to 
help him along. 
This bird is the Penguin, and lives in the Southern Seas, 
spends most of his life in the water, eating cuttle and other fish. 
He is a sociable creature, always found in a crowd. On some of 
the islands in the South Pacific Ocean, the Penguins assemble by 
the thousands, some writers say thirty or forty thousand at a time. 
They look very droll when on shore, for they form themselves into 
ranks as regular as a party of soldiers — the fathers by themselves, 
and the mothers by themselves, and the young ones, also, all together. 
Besides, their upright positions, and their white breasts and dark 
gray backs, make "them look like human beings dressed in white, 
with black or dark cloaks. They are about three feet high. 
