The Bestest Friend Ever

Mumble was running across the icy plain hoping to find his mom. Pa said that mom has a wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk, He thought to himself, and when she sings, it darn near breaks your heart. But everyone here is wiggling!

He needed to find his dad to ask him how to specifically find his mom so he decided to call both of them in case his mom heard.

"Papa! Mama!"

While this was happening Memphis was experiencing problems of his own.

"Great-just great! I've lost Mumble and I can't even find my wife!"

"Well-I guess you found me!" Norma Jean suddenly said.

"DAH! I-err-uh…. Oh mama! I missed you so much!"

"And so did I. So, where's the baby?"

"Oh I'll find him alright!"

"MEMPHIS!"

"He just yelled WIVES HOAH and took off to find you!"

"Oh so it's a boy. Well that explains the fact that he took off. Same as you did as you were his age!" she teased.

Memphis' response was just a soft and quiet chuckle.

While Mumble's parents were trying to figure out where Mumble was, Mumble found Gloria and was talking with her.

"So," asked mumble, "did you find your mom?"

"Yeah," she answered, "Did you?"

"No," said Mumble now with a sad face.

"Can you help me find her?"

"Of-coarse Mumble!" she answered excitedly.

"In fact-they are right behind you!"

Mumble turned around to see his dad standing with a woman which could only mean it was his mom.

"Mama? Mama!"

Mumble started to run to her but as he started to his dad asked him a question.

"Uh-say son? What are you doing with your feet there?"

His dad had noticed that Mumble's feet were tapping rapidly in the cold snow.

"They're happy pa!"

"Well it's just not penguin so, you better stop."

After his dad said that he understood that it is not normal to do so he stopped with an upset look on his face. Then he ran up to his mom and hugged her.

"I love you mommy!" he said.

"I love you to darling." She answered, "Here, I have something for you. Open up!"

Mumble opened his beak and his mom coughed up a fish for him the way all penguins do.

The next day school had begun again and it was time for Mumble to present his heart song. Gloria glanced over to him and saw that he didn't seem nervous at all.

"Okay everyone!" announced, "It's time for Mumble to present his heart song! Go ahead dear."

"Mine is sort of a BOOM and a prrrlp prrrlp and a BOOM chica BOOM."

As soon as he finished every single chick except for Gloria and Seymour laughed at him. Some even threw chunks of ice at his head.

"It's not funny!" Gloria yelled.

"It's okay G-Gloria," whimpered a crying Mumble and then ran away.

After Class

Class had ended and Gloria was now finishing an endless search for Mumble when she suddenly heard a muffled whimpering noise. She went up the hill and saw Mumble crying in front of a big boulder of ice.

"Mumble? Why are you crying?"

"G-Gloria?"

"Why are you sad Mumble?"

"Everyone treats me like a piece of ice lying in the snow. Just because I can't sing and don't have a heart song. All I can do is tap my feet in the snow like a twitchy little idiot… I don't even have any friends."

Gloria looked at Mumble with kind face.

"Well of-coarse you do Mumble! You have me!"

"You? Y-you want to be my friend? But I can't even whisper a word from the simplest song on earth without messing it up and screeching like a Skua!"

"Well I still think that just because you can't sing or find your own Heart-Song you are the nicest penguin that I have ever met!"

"D-do you really think so?"

"Yeah Mumble! And you will be my bestest friend until I die!"

After those words Mumble was crying tears of joy. He hugged Gloria and said, "And so will you!"