Let's fast forward a year later....to when Cody was six.
Chapter 7: Size Issue
At age six, Cody's life could only get more worse than ever. Not only does he have to deal with the fact that he's different from everyone else, but to hear some comments about him that didn't seem to work well with him. Half of the colony kinda looked down on him, because he's the smallest part of the rockhopper colony.
Since his father's , it just seems as though most of the memories of his father would fade slowly, because of dealing with people judging him, because of his size. It just seems as though most of them just wouldn't let Cody be himself.
One day, Cody arrived a little late to pile up some fish and one of the penguins told him, "You're late, Maverick."
"Sorry about that."
"No excuses. Just pile up the fish, please."
"Yes, sir."
He walked towards his pile and looked up and saw a big pile of them. Cody sighed and muttered, "This is gonna take forever."
Then, he climbed up to the top of the pile and he sees someone throwing the fish and he caught half of them, though he missed several few. He kept up with the pace, though he was smaller than most of the others. He was able to keep a positive attitude towards it all. He caught most of the fishes and most of them got in Cody's face.
Most of the penguins were a little irritated about Cody missing a few of the fishes and tries catching it with his flippers, but could slip and miss any given moment.
Because he was small, it just felt as if they knew that his size would be a complete disaster when it comes to fish piling in the future. His fish piling and catching has been almost lacking, though most of them doubt that he will ever become a great penguin because he was not normal.
After several hours of piling fish in the pile, he was able to go back home, besides getting a rocky start. As he started to walk home, however, one of the penguins called him and he came in front of him. He asked nervously, "Y-Yes, sir?"
He sighed heavily and said, "Well, I wouldn't say you did a good job, though you did pile most of the fish. The thing is, Maverick, how could I explain this? Your size is pretty much not what I would expect to pile fish."
"But sir, does it really matter that I'm different from everyone else?"
"To your father, it doesn't. But to us, it does. We can only think that you will never amount to anything in your future."
"Well, I think I can still become a great penguin, though."
"How? You can barely climb a fish pile, and you'd still be small."
"What are you saying?"
"The point I'm trying to make is, I seriously doubt that you can be anything you want to be when you grow up."
"Why, though?"
"Because you were hatched smaller. We all knew for a fact that this is not gonna go well."
Cody sighed heavily and said, "So, this is all because I'm different?"
"Different doesn't go well here in Shiverpool, but since you're born in this world, we might as well deal with it."
"I guess."
"Bring some fish home to your family."
"Yes, sir."
Cody brought home several amounts of fish to take home and everyone else looks at him, carrying an amount of fish. Everyone seems to think that he can't carry every ounce of fish by himself, even if he's small, but all they can do is just look at him. Suddenly, as he came towards the igloo, he slipped between the icy snow and fell down on the ground, leaving the fish scattered about near the area.
"Not again."
Cody gets up and sees all the penguins staring at him and looking at all the fish being scattered out of place.
"Sorry about that."
Most of them turned away from him and continued going off in their business. Cody sat there and sighed heavily until he felt a touch from his shoulder. He turned around and there was his mother, standing behind him looking a little concerned.
"I forgive you."
"You're the only one who does. Everyone else doesn't seem to think that way."
"You shouldn't care about what other people think."
"I know, but it seems as though they're just doing this, because I'm so different."
"Well, there are good things about being different."
"Like how?"
"Well....how do I put this, you're likeable, you're helpful, you....have some standards that never seems to come and....."
Cody stands up and said, "You really don't know much about this, do you, mom?"
She was standing there, a little speechless, then Cody walks back into the igloo to get away from the situation and to find some sanity and a little bit of alone time.
I apologize for the shortness of the chapter, but this is all I came up with. Moving on....