Kev Nigel. Nigel?
Nigel Yes
Kev Where
did you go?
Nigel I
was behind the rock
Kev Don’t
do that again. Stay where I can see you
Nigel Sorry
mate. Wasn’t thinking
Kev No
I know your weren’t. But you need to
keep sharp. Stay with me right here
Nigel
Nigel All
right mate calm down
Kev You
know we can’t afford to be split up these days Nigel
Nigel All
right Kev. All right
.
Kev What
did you see behind the rock?
Nigel Well
I only just got round it when you started calling for me
Kev And
did you see anything?
Nigel No
cos you started calling so I turned straight round didn’t I?
Kev You
sure you didn’t see anything at all?
Nigel No
mate. Nothing at all.
Kev Right. Okay.
Well that’s good isn’t it?
Nigel Is
it?
Kev Yeah it is. If there’s nothing over there and there’s
nothing here then we’re alright for the time being aren’t we?
Nigel Kev
we really need to talk about this
Kev Yeah
but we’re alright aren’t we?
Nigel We’re on our own
mate! Completely alone. And we really need to work out what we’re
going to do.
Kev We’re going to sit and
wait for the man with the fish bucket to come back and then we’ll eat and then
we’ll swim and sleep and it will all be normal again.
Nigel There is no fish bucket
man Kev! It’s been at least three dawns
and I’m hungry and I don’t want to watch another dawn and still be hungry.
Kev Go
swim it off Nigel. Calm down. We need to stay calm.
Nigel We need to work out where
the others went and why the fish bucket man isn’t coming anymore and if he
definitely isn’t coming anymore then we need to find some fish buckets.
Kev The
others must have got out the other night.
Nigel I think they went in those
boxes. I told you we didn’t need to
hide. We should’ve got in those boxes
with them.
Kev They wouldn’t have gone
in those boxes. I told everyone not to
get in them. They looked like a
trap. I told all of them not to trust
the boxes. They must have made a plan
without us and snuck out.
Nigel They
must’ve got in those boxes Kev!
Kev So
they were trapped and now we’re the free ones.
Nigel No...we’re
still in here aren’t we? How can we be
free?
Kev The others have left us
alone for three dawns now. No more
watching ones and sticky fingers hitting our glass. I like swimming in peace Nigel.
Nigel But
don’t you miss the fish bucket?
Kev Of
course I do! But I don’t miss the
watching ones.
Nigel No well I don’t miss that
either mate but you’ve got to admit that maybe we shouldn’t have hidden all
that time. Maybe we should’ve got in
those boxes too.
Kev Nonsense. Swim it off.
That’s an order.
Nigel Maybe I don’t need to
follow your orders anymore though Kev.
You’re the reason I’m still sitting here waiting for the fish bucket
that obviously isn’t coming.
Kev You will swim it off and
calm down and then come back and sit down here and keep watch while I have a
swim.
Nigel We
need to get out.
Kev I
like it quiet.
Nigel I think the whole place is
shut. It’s never been shut before. I like fish buckets more than this place
being all quiet and empty.
Kev I
like fish buckets more too.
Nigel Right. So what are we going to do?
Kev I don’t know. I thought the boxes were a trap. Like last time. Sorry Nigel.
Maybe you were right.
Nigel Don’t
worry mate.
Kev No. Okay.
Is the fish bucket man really not coming?
Nigel No
one has walked past in ages have they?
They’ve all gone.
Kev Wouldn’t
they have counted us?
Nigel You
would’ve thought so. But you did make us
hide well didn’t you?
Kev Yeah.
I did.
I am hungry. Are you sure...
Nigel The
fish bucket has gone! It’s gone!
Kev Okay
okay. Sorry. I feel really bad now
mate. Sorry.
Nigel Stop
saying sorry. It’s not really
helping.
Kev I
think I know how we can get out.
Nigel Really?
Kev Yeah. If you get on my back and jump you’d be able
to reach the top of the glass.
Nigel We tried that before and
it didn’t work. Do you remember poor old
Harry hitting the glass? He had a headache and his right flipper in that pink
plaster for so many dawns and sunsets.
Kev I’d forgotten about
Harry
Nigel How could you forget Harry?
Kev Well I’ve been worrying
about us haven’t I?
Nigel Yeah I know but you can’t
just forget about the rest of the guys just because they haven’t been around
for awhile.
Kev It’s been very tiring
keeping watch
Nigel Keeping watch for no
one
Kev Well okay we’ve gone
over this before. We’ve already worked
out I was wrong. So now...are you going
to give it a go?
Nigel Harry was in a lot of pain
for a long time
Kev I’ve
been training for this.
Nigel Have
you?
Kev Yeah. They don’t call me the Emperor for nothing
Nigel.
Nigel We’re
all Emperors.
Kev I’m
not going into this again. I’m The
Emperor and you’re just normal.
Nigel No
mate I’ve explained this before...
Kev And
so have I...I’m The Emperor...
Nigel We’re all Emperors! It’s our name. It’s not a title. You’re just Mr Emperor and I’m Mr Emperor
Kev No
I’m The Emperor...
Nigel Oh
do you know what? Yeah I’ll try your
idea...
Kev What? Really?
Oh great. Okay then. Jump on my back. Now jump.
Nigel Just
like that?
Kev Yes! Just do it.
Nigel No
mate. I don’t think I can.
Kev I’m telling you you
can. It’s either that or no fish bucket
for a lot longer than we’ve known before.
Nigel I think I might need to
warm up or something.
Kev Really? Okay.
Well stretch or something.
Limbering up might help?
Nigel Yeah. I’ll limber up. Right then.
Here goes.
Kev Jump up on my back. Right.
Then jump...
Nigel Haha! I did it!
We did it! Right now it’s your
turn.
Kev Well yeah. That’s the bit I’ve never quite worked
out. Can’t just jump on my own can I?
Nigel Well no I suppose you
can’t. But you must’ve known that before?
Kev Yeah I did but as I’m
The Emperor it’s up to me to make sure my troops are okay and I let you down
what with the hiding and the watching.
So this is now the right thing to be doing. You’re free mate.
Nigel Oh my God Kev what are you
talking about? I wouldn’t have just
jumped without you.
Kev Yeah but now you can go
find the fish bucket man and bring him back and I’m sure we’ll catch up with
the others soon.
Nigel Kev...I’m
just a penguin.
Kev I
know Nigel. So am I.
Nigel Well...you know. Even if I find the bucket man I’ve never been
able to talk to him before. You know I
get all shy when they’re around and I doubt I’d be able to keep his attention
long enough to bring him...
Kev But
you can try can’t you?
Nigel Yeah
course. Course Kev I’ll try.
Kev Okay
great. Bye then Nigel.
Nigel Bye
Kev.
Kev Good
luck mate.
Nigel Yeah
you too.
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