1 Prin peeked out from between her rockhopper father's knees. She was now three weeks old.
2 She squawked, hoping to attract his attention. Rockhoppers were not large to start with, and her parents' nest was right behind a large rock. So much for a nest with a view!
3 Prin tried to wriggle out of the stony nest, but Dad held firm.
4 "Stay where you are, Princess," he squawked at her.
5 "I want to go out and look around," she replied.
6 "Not yet," he said. "You are not big enough. If you wander alone, you might be attacked by a skua, petrel, or even a gull. They like nothing better than to eat little rockhoppers."
7 Prin crouched down again. She did not want to be seen. She did not want to be eaten.
8 The little penguin tried to be patient. Mom came once a day to feed her. The adult penguin's feathers smelled like salt from the ocean.
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