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as the weeks go by
spring turns to summer the sea ice melts
and the ocean gets closer
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it means feeding the chicks is easy
so they are growing up fast
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they hang out together in small
comforting huddles
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but snow chick isn’t ready to cut the
ties
despite being too big for his father’s
pouch
it’s starting to get embarrassing
it’s long overdue
but his father finally persuades him to
find his place in the gang
but there’s an art to join in a huddle
and he hasn’t mastered it
but practice makes perfect and the first
thing to work out
is which way to face
you know you’ve got it right when
someone snuggles in behind you
accepted at last
this is a huge milestone in his
development
it means that for the first time
both parents can go fishing
the chick is not so sure he’s ready to
be left on his own
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but the colony has invisible walls
and he instinctively knows
they mustn’t be crossed
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the adults left behind
don’t have the caring ways of his
parents
until they return
he must find one of the colony’s child
minders
a penguin who hasn’t bred takes on the
role as practice for the future
she’ll take him under her wing
but only if he does as he’s told
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she’s a firm believer in discipline
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with so many chicks in her care
stragglers won’t be tolerated
he will just have to toughen up
but there’s a reason for the new strict
regime
with the warmer days the open sea is
closer now and new and unwelcome
visitors can reach the colony easily
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a giant petrol
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they always pick on the smallest
he’s caught
but just by his baby fluff
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the child minder is welcome now
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it’s now a deadly game of hide and seek
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luckily
the petrol spots an easier meal of
scraps
and the chick
has learnt a valuable lesson
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