CHAPTER 2
Private Hatches
Still in the not-too-distant past . . .
They spilled onto the deck of the ship. Rico sailed forward, his arms ready to grab hold of the egg.
“Attaboy, Rico! Don’t let those seals have it!" Skipper yelled.
Rico swept in just before the seals reached the egg.
He picked it up- and popped it into his mouse, swallowing it in his miraculous gullet.
“Okay, I guess that works," Skipper said.
Now the seals noticed the penguins. They lunged forward, snapping at their flippers.
“Get to higher ground!” cried Kowalski.
The three penguins grabbed onto a rope attached to a harpoon gun that looked like a long metal spear.
They swung themselves on top of the gun and out of the seals’ reach.