Cuter and more cuddly ch. 3
by
Mastermindhunter
They sat the baby penguins all in the lemurs habitat, carefully on some folded leaves, from the habitat's plants. Marlene thought for a little while, on what to do with what Mort had resulted in starting. The three stared at her, their faces and beaks black, granted the white orbs that covered the area around their eyes. Their bodies were soft, and grey. She looked at each one, and quickly had an idea. She ran off to the penguins habitat. They had to be there somewhere. She found them. There were four white cloths on the floor. She grabbed them, and ran towards the lemurs place. She held them up, to show the three lemurs. They were confused, and didn't know what she was planning.
"Well what do you think? Here you feel them, and tell me if they're okay." Julian looked at them, and rubbed his index finger, and thumb on the fabric. It was incredibly soft, and actually quite warm to the touch. He thought they felt good, but didn't know what she needed them for.
"Uhh they're soft, but what is it you are to be doing with them." She rolled her eyes, and picked up Kowalski first. She headed down to the bouncy castle, and gently laid Kowalski down, on his back. Julian was wondering what Marlene was doing to his baby teacup penguins. He was sure they were okay. She was moving Kowalski around a litle bit, and then she hollered that she was done with Kowalski, and asked if Julian could hand him Skipper. Julian held Skipper tightly, and felt a little hesitant. He didn't want to give up his favorite penguin without knowing what she was going to do to him first. He looked at his baby penguin, and made a pouty face. "Umm whatever it is you are doing, do you mind if I do it instead?"
"Actually King Julian, whatever it is she's doing, I trust that Marlene is more experienced." Maurice laid his hand on Julian's shoulder. He looked at his cute little penguin, and let Marlene take him. She was taking a little while. Marlene turned around, and held safety pins in her mouth. Julian grabbed Skipper back defensively. Skipper let out a high squealed laugh.
"No possible way. I will not let you hurt my little baby penguin." He looked over to Kowalski. Kowalski had a diaper on. It took him a little while to figure out that she was putting diapers on them all. "Oh . . . Umm . . . Well if that was what you were doing to them, then okay." He handed Skipper over. When she was done with changing Skipper, she handed him back to Julian. He took Skipper back, and hugged him, closely.
Mort thought that the penguins were adorable with diapers. He wanted to try. "Marlene, can I put a diaper on one of the penguins?" Marlene looked at him as if he were kidding. He still kept a confident smile.
"No way baby master. You screwed them up, and I don't expect you to be in charge of more than one at a time. I'm not angry. I'm just saying that it's just going to take a little while for me to regain my trust in you." She held Rico over her shoulder, and turned away. Mort frowned, and held the still un-diapered Private in his hands. He hugged him, and whispered quietly in his ear "I'm sorry."
They were now all diapered, and looked cute as buttons. "Alright, what do you feed a baby penguin?" Maurice looked at the four laying on thir backs. Private was chewing on Rico's flipper gently.
"Uhh mangos, bananas, and other fruits?" Julian shrugged.
"Kisses and huggies?" Mort held his hands up to his cheeks.
"Umm actually, I heard that in Antartica mother penguins regurgitate their chewed up fish, and put it in the baby's beaks." Marlene cringed at her words. They all looked at each other to see who would feed the penguins. The faces glances all looked at Maurice. Maurice was not exactly the best when it came to meat eating. He had also never eaten a fish before, let alone throw it up. "Okay, I don't think we have to exactly hack a fish into their mouths, but I'm sure we're going to have to give them fish one way or another." They figured that could work.
Maurice had walked on over to their island, and grabbed some silvery blue fish from the bowl, and Marlene tried cutting it up with a knife, to make it as small as possible. When it was about pea sized shreds, Maurice put them on a spoon, and fed the fish to each penguin. "Please tell me this is okay for you all to eat, little guys." Rico gaped his mouth wide open, and made an tiny "ah" sound. He gently closed the penguins beak, and watch him swallow. Rico had sat there for a few seconds, looking to the side. Then he opened his mouth for another bite. Maurice had smiled, and Marlene had given him a thumbs up for his work. Julian was getting a little jelous, and offered to feed Private. Marlene thought about it, and nodded for him to go ahead. He looked at the shredded jar of fish. The awful odor made his stomach churn.
'Ugh! If the adult four penguins were here, they would know what to do. Where the heck are they anyway?' Was going through his head, as he fed a spoonful to Private. Private held it in his mouth, and Julian gently closed his beak. He had swallowed it, just like Rico did. He then opened his mouth, for more food. Julian had succeeded in feeding the penguins fish. He smiled with excitement over to Marlene. She couldn't help, but smile at his love of the babies. He offered to feed them all. They agreed.
An hour had passed, and they were all fed, and drowsey looking. Mort asked if he could do something for the penguins. Marlene was a litte nervous, but agreed to let him do something. "Would you like to burp them?" Mort thought that seemed a little gross, but if Marlene was willing to put their diapers on them, then he could definitly burp them. He casted a small cloth over his shoulder, and grabbed Rico. Rico had burped up a bit of fish. Mort cleaned his face with the cloth , and reached for Skipper next. After the second one got burped, he didn't want to do it anymore. He gave the cloth to Marlene, and Marlene finished up with Kowalski, and Private.
Marlene had put Maurice in charge, while she took off to grab a pillow, and blanket from her habitat. As she grabbed everthing to take to the lemurs place for the night, she felt like the tables were turned to the max. Who knew the penguins would need her help? This was different, and scary. Would the boys remember everything? Hopefully Skipper wouldn't. Him and Julian barely got along at all. The whole Julian liking his baby form would be pretty akward. She grabbed all the blankets she could find. The penguins would need somwhere soft to sleep. They would also need to be kept warm. Penguins usually slept between the feet of father penguins at this time of their life. She didn't know how to do that, but she could definitly keep them warm.
She plopped each sheet, and blanket infront of her, when she reached the lemur's habitat. Mort and Julian set the blankets out to be fluffy, and plush for the penguins to sleep on. When they got them nice and fluffy they each set them down to sleep. Marlene let out a sigh, when each one had closed their eyes. Marlene was exhausted from taking care of each one. She laid flat on her back, looking up at the moon, over head. She wanted to curl up next to the lemurs, but her arms couldn't move. They felt like jello from holding the penguins all day.
"Pretty tough day, huh?" Maurice looked at her sprawled on grass, about to fall asleep. He was laughing at her worn out appearance.
"Yes. Whoever took care of these guys at birth, was no whimp." She snorted. Maurice grabbed her pillow, and laid it under her head. He then grabbed the blanket, and casted it over Marlene.
"Yeah, but you know, I've never taken care of babies before. Only the female lemurs were allowed to take care of babies, back in Madagascar. I mean, just look at them." She glanced over to her right. The babies were quietly on their backs, and sound asleep. "Now if that doesn't say, job well done, I don't know what does. We might not be parents of the year, but if you ask me, we did pretty good for three lemurs, and an otter." She smiled at the eye eye. He was right. They did good. Not as good as a penguin, but close. She felt herself being picked up. Maurice was still a few inches away. Who picked her up? A crownless Julian was holding her against his chest. She was too tired to care.
"Where's your crown, Julian?" He looked up at his crownless head.
"I gave it to the flat headed one. He is so adorable. The one that vomited on you might have been cute, but I like the flat headed one for some reason." that made Marlene laugh a little. She would have laughed a little harder, but she was way too worn out. He laid her on the bouncy castle with a blanket underneath her. She yawned, and fell asleep right away, with three lemur bodies agaist her.
"Hey Julian. How about we give Marlene a break tomorrow. She's done alot today, and think that we should do more of our share of work." Julian looked at her, as she laid there, knocked out. She was very tired, and worn out. It seemed pretty fair. It would give him a little more time to spend with the babies. He did like the penguins very much. If anthing, it sounded like a plan.
"Okay. If she seems swamped then I'll take a penguin off her hands when necessary." They shook on it, and went off to bed, very tired from the penguins care. It was a tough job to take care of not one, but four penguins. Usually penguins had one baby, and that was hard enough, but four? They had hoped that the effects would wear off soon, but had also wished that it could last a little while longer. Their hearts were pulled two ways.
