Penny is nervous for her first day of school because she was raised by penguins in Antarctica for the first 10 years of her life. Though she now lives with humans, she still misses her penguin family and struggles to fit in due to walking like a penguin and sometimes having a penguin accent. She is about to tell the story of how she came to be raised by penguins and eventually returned to humans.

1. The Adventures of Penny the
Penguin Girl
Episode 1: Meet Penny
© Amy R.
Cornelius

2. Hello.

3. My name is Penny and today is my first day of
people school.

4. I am nervous. I am different. I am not like the other kids.

5. You see, I was raised by penguins.

6. No, really! It’s true. For the first 10 years of my life I lived
in Antarctica with my penguin family.

7. Even though I love my humans, I miss my penguin family very much.
I think about them all the time.

8. They taught me how to walk.

9. They taught me how to talk.

10. They taught me how to fish for the tastiest food.

11. But being raised by penguins, it isn’t always easy to fit
in…

12. For example, I waddle because I never learned how to use
my knees properly. So I come in every race, last.

13. And even though I speak English perfectly fine,
sometimes my penguin accent comes through.

14. Also, people make fun of what I eat.

15. So you can see why I’m a little nervous for my
first day of school.

16. You don’t believe me. Do you? You want to know why I was raised by
penguins? How I even got to Antarctica? How I got back?

17. Well, it’s kind of a long story. But I’ll tell you. It all started
when…