Penguin at the Bottom

He is at the bottom of an incredibly steep iceberg in the middle of the South Pole. He is on his belly, flapping his wings. It looks as if the penguin is trying to fly. Sadly, he cannot. Penguins don't fly.

The penguin looks up to see his family standing at the top of the glacier. They are making noises and moving their wings. The family of penguins are trying to tell their loved one at the bottom of the iceberg that he will make it to the top. The biggest, fattest, most commanding penguin of them all yells at the penguin at the bottom to just wriggle, and eventually he will get there.

The penguin at the bottom is named Mr. Penguin. He tries to follow the larger penguin's advice. He wriggles and shimmies his body to try to get back to his family. It doesn't require much effort, and it doesn't get him anywhere.

Back at the top of the iceberg, the fat penguin's mate yells at Mr. Penguin to get up and waddle to the top of the glacier. So Mr. Penguin wriggles himself to his small feet, and begins to waddle. Mr. Penguin's feet keep slipping and he still can't get to the top of the glacier.

Mr. Penguin begins to lose hope. He is back on his belly. His thick layer of tiny feathers helps keep him warm but he can still feel the ice underneath him. Mr. Penguin turns his head towards the water behind him. He knows that if he stays there forever, the ice underneath him will melt. Mr. Penguin knows that if the ice melts, he won't be able to keep his body above the water forever, and he will drown.

One of the smaller penguins of the family calls down for Mr. Penguin to try to fly. This penguin is a female. She has no mate. She is so small that the rest of the penguin family doubts that she will be able to mate and take care of her young. Now she makes them think that she is stupid too.

"Merp Merp!" She calls. Mr. Penguin knows that this means for him to fly. He uses his mouth to produce a honking sound. He knows this is impossible. However, Mr. Penguin gets to his feet once again and flaps his wings.

Everyone at the top of the glacier besides the smaller female laughs at him. They doubt he can fly. The female knows that he can do it. Maybe not fly, but he can use his wings as a tool. Mr. Penguin's wings are more like flippers, but he has them for a reason.

Mr. Penguin has an idea. He steps to the foot of the glacier while flapping his wings. He feels more balanced. So he takes another step while he flaps. He doesn't slide again. So he waddles up the glacier while flapping his wings. The bottoms of his feet are gripping the glacier, and are very sore. Yet Mr. Penguin keeps waddling and flapping his wings.

Eventually, Mr. Penguin makes it to the top and his family looks at him with joy. The big and bad male penguin's mate boasts that it was she who had given him the idea to walk up the glacier. The smaller female and Mr. Penguin know better.

Eventually, Mr. Penguin and his family make it to where their nests are. The other Penguin's feed their young. However, Mr. Penguin and the smaller female are not mated and they have no young.

"Merp. Merp." Says Mr. Penguin. Just like that, the smaller female becomes Mrs. Penguin. Later, the Penguin couple produce dozens of tiny little penguins. These penguin children always have Mr. and Mrs. Penguin to help them climb up from the bottom of any steep glacier they should encounter.

The End.