The snow tumbled farther down the cliff with the egg in the center, forming a giant snowball as it rolled.
At the bottom of the cliff, the snowball hit the bow of an old abandoned whaling ship.
It cracked in half.
“Gah!” cried the three young birds.
Unharmed, the egg spilled out onto the ship’s deck.
“The old ship!” Kowalski exclaimed.
“No one’s ever returned from there alive.”
“Relax, Kowalski, There’s a bird down there now,” Skipper told him.
“Look, he’s fine.”
A tiny bird hopped across the ship when suddenly a huge leopard seal emerged from the water.
It opened its tooth-filled mouth and swallowed the bird whole!
The penguins shrunk back in horror.
“Leopard seals!" Skipper growled. “Nature’s snakes!”
“Aren’t snakes nature’s snakes?" Kowalski asked.
“How should I know?" Skipper asked.
“I live on the flippin’ frozen tundra!”
They watched as the huge seal climbed onto the ship’s deck, followed by two other seals.
They wriggled Their way toward the helpless egg.
“They’re going for the egg!" Skipper cried. “Gimme a way down there, ASAP!"
Kowalski thoughtfully stroked his chin with his flipper.
“All one would have to do is collect thirty feet of kelp ...," he mused out loud.
The penguins didn’t notice, but the film crew was right behind them.
The director narrated in a whisper.
“Tiny and helpless, the baby penguins are frozen with fear. They know if they fall from this cliff they will surely die.”He nodded to his cameraman.
“Gunter, give them a shove.”
“... harnessing the jellyfish we’ve trained to obey simple voice commands-"
Kowalski was saying, when a microphone pole reached out and bumped into the penguins.
The three of them tumbled down the Cliffside.
“Now that’s more like it!” Skipper cheered.
Kowalski thoughtfully stroked his chin with his flipper.
“All one would have to do is collect thirty feet of kelp ... ," he mused out loud.
The penguins didn’t notice, but the film crew was right behind them.
The director narrated in a whisper.
“Tiny and helpless, the baby penguins are frozen with fear.
They know if they fall from this cliff they will surely die.
”He nodded to his cameraman.
“Gunter, give them a sl1ove.”
“... harnessing the jellyfish we’ve trained to obey simple voice commands-"
Kowalski was saying, when a microphone pole reached out and bumped into the penguins.
The three of them tumbled down the Cliffside.
“Now that’s more like it!” Skipper cheered.