The song of the Happy Feet

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On the high water mark, amongst the rubbish and the oil slick, we see what looks like a dead animal. It is mumble . A creature in red gumboots approaches. Its small hand reaches down and nudges him with a stick. Mumble moans and the gumboots run away, shouting something unintelligible. With great difficulty, Mumble raises his head to try to see more. Sunlight flares, bleaching to white, as he loses consciousness
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Like the light at the end of a tunnel. As if in a dream, mumble ambles towards it. Emerging into a strange white shoreline with walls painted to look like a vast landscape. Around home were chinstrap penguins, Magellanic penguins and little penguins scamper about

Mumble: Excuse me. What is this place?

Penguin: You're in heaven, Dave. Penguin heaven.

Mumble: No. my name is mumble. Is this place anywhere near Emperor Land?

lt's wherever you want it to be. You hear a seal now and then, but you never meet one. Perfect.

Mumble looks to the water and looks at his reflection and then sees a tag on his left flipper. He then looks up and then, when he finally saw humans up close, they were just as the skua had described. Big, ugly penguins with feathers on their fat, flabby faces.

Mumble: uh...Hello. Hello from Emperor Land. Good afternoon. Why are you taking our fish? l'm sure you don't mean to, but you're causing an awful lot of grief.

However the humans seemed to ignore him completely

Mumble: Am l not making myself clear? I'm speaking plain penguin

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Mumble: Am l not making myself clear? I'm speaking plain penguin. Penguin! Don't you understand? You're stealing our fish. Oh, please, anyone, talk to me! For pity's sake, you're stealing our F-l-S--

All the humans could hear from him were shrieks and hollers. No one could understand him
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Moxxie Millie and their new orca companions follow mumbles scent across the globe to Orlando Florida. It had been almost three weeks of swimming and they were exhausted.  They use their crystals to transform the orcas into simple crystals as they get to shore and put on their human disguises. They look around and see SeaWorld and knew they may have mumble in there. Once they entered they immediate went to the penguins exhibit where they see mumble away from the other penguins whom are gorging on fish being tossed to them

Moxxie: mumble!

Mumble: moxxie? Millie?!

Millie: quiet down! Pal! Yeah it's us!

Mumble heads over to them and heads up to the water to be as close to them as possible, but due to the glass that was a bit difficult

Mumble: oh guys. I tried. I really tried to talk to them. But it's like they hear me in some other language

Moxxie: we tried to tell you. Humans can't understand animals. To them your just making squawks and shrieks whenever you talk

Millie then thinks for a moment before she gets an idea

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