The Popper Penguin Rescue by Eliot Schrefer

Author:Eliot Schrefer [Schrefer, Eliot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2020-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

“Would you look at that?” Joel said, pointing above the front door as they approached.

“What? I can’t see!” Nina said, jumping up and down.

Mrs. Popper picked Nina up and held her high enough so she could read. Nina took her time, sounding out the words. “Here marks the hut built by Mr. Popper and Admiral Drake, the two gentlemen who brought penguins to the Arctic. Nineteen hundred and thirty-six.”

“Mr. Popper was actually here!” Joel said. “That’s so cool.”

Once they’d made their way inside, they found a cabinet with cans of food, a gas stove, a simple sort of ship’s radio, and a sleeping platform with woolen blankets.

“Those men weren’t into luxuries, were they?” Mrs. Popper said.

“They were explorers,” Nina said indignantly. “Of course they weren’t into luxuries.”

“It does seem like they could at least have put in a reading lamp,” Mrs. Popper said.

“Let’s get this place heated up,” Joel said as he worked on latching the door closed.

“Look, a piece of paper,” Nina said, after rummaging around under the bed. “Something’s written on it!”

“Read it out loud,” Mrs. Popper said as she did an inventory of the canned foods.

“You can do it this time,” Nina said, thrusting the paper at her brother.

Joel cleared his throat. “‘To whomever it may concern: Please forgive my leaving my post. I developed a toothache that’s making it impossible to monitor the Popper Penguins for the time being. I will return as soon as it’s fixed and I’ve had a chance to see my family.’”

“That’s it?” Nina asked.

“Yep,” Joel said, after turning the paper over to check.

“When is it dated?” Mrs. Popper asked.

“Um… a month ago.”

“Is that long enough for…” Mrs. Popper let her words trail off.

“Long enough for what?” Joel asked.

“It’s just that… that there’s no sign of the Popper Penguins. Could something have happened to them after the caretaker left?”

“Oh no!” Nina said, clutching Mae close to her.

“Oh no, indeed.” Mrs. Popper sighed as she looked through the cabinets. “Aside from the state of the Popper Penguins, we have something else to worry about. There’s only about three days’ worth of food here.”

“But Yuka needs more time than that to repair the boat,” Joel said.

“Wait, what does that mean?” Nina asked.

Joel shook his head and buried his face in Ernest’s soft side. “It means we’re in big trouble.”

Which was precisely when they heard a chorus of orks from the beach outside the hut.

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