"Emperor's Egg" pages 124-145

By Martin Jenkins

Illustrated by Jane Chapman

Summary

This selection tells how the Emperor penguin lives and cares for its offspring.

Vocabulary

flippers: small fins used like hands or feet

hatch: to break out of an egg

miserable: very unhappy

slippery: not sticky, causing sliding

waddled: moved in a funny way, like a duck

horizon: where the sky seems to meet the earth

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