Chapter 3:
All the penguins
were gathering in the town square and huddiling together with eggs on
their feet as the sky grew dark and the winds blew cold. forming a
circle, males on the inside, females on the outside.
Meanwhile the
Mavericks split up, Edna had to help one side of the huddle, while
Bob stood with his egg on the other side, but he was outside the
huddle, walking carefully in order to not drop the egg.
Then the
blue moon emerged from behind the snowy clouds and cast a light blue
glow on the huddle, as the penguins vocaly sang to help the moon glow
strong.
But Bob was still outside the huddle, he needed to get in
as quickly as possible.
"Wait for me!" he cried out as
he started walking faster, not knowing that the egg was starting to
slip.
Then the most terrible thing happened. The egg slipped from
right out from under him and slid down the snow!
"No, NO
NO!" Bob cried as he turned and chased the egg down the slope,
but try as he might, the small egg was too fast for him.
But now
it was too late, for the egg slipped off the iceberg and into the
frezzing water of the sea, so cold that thin patches of ice were
starting to form on the top of the water.
Frantic, Bob jumped in
the water and quickly caught the egg in his beak just before it
floated away.
As he jumped out and gently put the egg back on his
feet, he told himself, "It's all good, a little water won't
hurt, everything will be fine." as he quietly rejoined the
huddle. But deep in his heart, Bob was serously worred. The other
penguins had told him that it was okay to drop your egg just on the
snow, but they never said anything about dropping it in the sea.