By Anna S. and Noah P.

• The mother lays the egg

• The egg has to stay in its fathers brood pouch while the mother finds food

• The chick inside the egg starts to hatch

• It takes about three days for the egg to hatch

• After the chick hatches it is wet like it has just gone swimming.

• The chick’s down dries and it becomes fluffy.

• It has to stay in its fathers brood pouch so it does not freeze.

• The mother comes back and feeds the chick.

• As the chick grows it becomes more independent and does not need to stay in its parents brood pouch anymore.

• The chick starts to lose it’s down.

• The chick loses all it’s down and is able to swim now.

• The penguin is fully grown now.

• It spends most of its time catching fish in the water.

• It will find a mate and it will be able to take care of it’s own egg now.

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• By Betty Tatham © 2002 HarperCollins New York