chapter 2

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Cries rang out,dads are happy for the births of there chicks.

"It's a boy."
"It's a girl."
"What a peach."
"What a bruiser."
"Come here son."
"Come to daddy,there you."
"You look like your mother."
"You have your mother eyes."

But there is one whi did not call out of joy. "Memphis,is everything ok"said Maurice said he is Memphis best friends.He approach him and the two unhatch eggs."I don't now,I can't hear anything." Memphis sighs.The chick under maurice name Gloria waddled over to the eggs.
"Are there empty."she chrips.
"Honey."Maurice call,sadly.
"Can I have them."she ask.
"Gloria."Maurice scolds. "It's okay, maurice".Memphis sighs,sadly.It happens sometimes Memphis."maurice said."Yeah."Memphis,sighs. Gloria taps one of the eggs curiously and, it taps back."Wait, did you hear that."Memphis   perks up. "Yeah." Maurice agrees.
"Hey i can hear you buddy,oh your papa here it's ok oh he okay,maurice.Oh there is his little foot there is his other one."Memphis excitedly calls,as the tiny chick fights his way out of the egg,and it dance away. "That is different."maurice said. "Yeah."Memphis replied back.
"Hey come back here,Mr Mumble." Gloria calls,waddling after him. "Gloria." Maurice sighs."she can call him whatever the heck he likes."Memphis said smiling. He gaps as the egg goes up a hill and smashes onto the ice freezing the male chick in side.
"Mumble, you ok."Memphis called out
Freezing,freezing."Mumble calls out, shivering. " oh you'll get use to it."Memphis said smiling happyly,that one of his eggs hatched. "Now come here" Memphis said.instead of waddling he dance,he way to him.Other fathers watch.
"Hey look at that."said one of the father.
"What do you make of that",the other father
"Little wobbling in the knees." Said a father
"Is he okay."said another father.
"Hey what are you doing boy."Memphis ask looking down at his son I'm happy pa."mumble said happily what are you doing with your feet."Memphis asked."There happy to mumble." reply. You should not do that son,"Memphis said. "Way not."mumble said little dissapoted. "becaues it an't penguin."Memphis reply. "ok."
Mumble replied back. "Now come here and get warm."Memphis said. Mumble went on his feet. the other egg begins cracking. "Memphis."maurice calls out ,as he stare down at the hatching egg Memphis waddles over to his 2 egg.
"So what do you think, it's going tod be."maurice ask. "A girl,just like her mom."Memphis said happily.A break appeared through the crack and a tiny chrip falling from it and with a final peck,the chicks head came out and big blue bright eyes peer up at them. "She is so beautiful I think I will call her laila now come here to daddy." Memphis said smiling and with that luna waddles to her father and go on  his feet with her brother. He can not wait four them to see their mother.

Later
The group of new father are waiting for their wives to come home, with the chicks in tow. As they wait Memphis lean down to talk to his children.
"How when we see your momma." Memphis ask."We stand perfectly still." they both replied to there pa.
"You got it."their father said "how would we now know is are momma." Mumble ask. "Yes how daddy" laila ash cutly. "Oh you'll know she got a wiggle in her walk a giggle in her talk .And when she sing,she breaks your heart."

"WIVES Ho."Noah shoot out.
"Wives ho."mumble cries,darting out and away from his father and sister
"Wait ,no mumble get back here."Memphis cried out waddles after his runaway son. "Mumble."laila calls, darting after him.
"Mumble,liala."Memphis follows after them as the best he can in the sea of penguins.
Memphis struggles in the sea of bodies to spot his 2 runaways

"Mumble laila were are you."Memphis shotout.
"

Memphis."Norma Jean waddles up to him a smile on her beak. Memphis turn around saw his mate."Oh Momma."Memphis smiles as they rub necks.
"Oh daddy,so where's the babies."norma jean said looking around. "We'll I'll find them." Memphis mumbles,guilty "You've lost the babies, Memphis!" Norma Jean ask angrily.
"Mama,mama."They look and see mumble and liala moving closer to them.
"Come to mommy."Norma Jean said existed to see her babies.
liala waddles but mumble  dance over.
"Memphis what's wrong with his feet"norma jean said worried."Its just a little thing he got going,but he will grown out of it. Memphis,nervously.
"Mama Mama."they cried out hugging her feet. "Oh,Memphis their gorgeous."she smile at them.
"I got something  for both of you.Open up."Norma Jean coos as she regurgitates the fish into their opens beaks.
"I love when she does that."Memphis said

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