Antarctica

Angela: "John! Could you come here for a second?"

John: "Yes dear?"

Angela: "Could you look after Kowalski for a while? I need to go get his lunch."

John: "Sure, not doing much right now anyway."

*Kowalski was now 4 years old*

John: "What's up, scamp?"

Kowalski: "Hi, Dad. I'm just drawing pictures in the snow. Look! This one is of us & Mom! And this one is of me & Steve!"

John: "Steve & I."

Kowalski: "No, look, you can clearly see it's me..."

John: "No, that's not what I mean. The correct grammar is Steve & I. Not me & Steve."

Kowalski: *Kowalski looked back at the picture he drew of himself & his best friend* "Can I go see Steve after lunch?"

John: "Sure, son. If it's alright with your mother."

Kowalski: *smiles*

2 Years Later...

Kowalski: *approaches John on a cold night* "Dad? Can I ask a question?"

John: "Sure, son. What is it?"

Kowalski: "What are all those little white dots in the sky?"

John: "Those are stars. Why?"

Kowalski: "I'm just curious. What about the floating colored lights?"

John: "Now, I don't really know what those are. They're just lights. I don't know what causes them."

Kowalski: "But I want to know more! My curiosity is killing me!"

John: "Now, just calm down. You make all A's in school. Isn't that enough smartness in just one penguin?"

Kowalski: "I guess." There's got to be a way for me to get answers...

11 Years After Birth...

Kowalski: "Hey, Ma!"

Angela: "Yes, son?"

Kowalski: "I was walking tahanan from school today, & I saw these really big creatures not too far off the reserve, what are they?"

Angela: "Why don't you describe them for me."

Kowalski: "Well, the were much bigger than us, they were really poofy, an--"

Angela: "--HUMANS! Now, Kowalski, you must promise me you will never go near them or let them see you!"

Kowalski: "Why?"

Angela: "It was humans who killed my parents! They are not to be trusted."

Kowalski: "But, I thought maybe I could get them to answer my que--"

Angela: "--No buts! Do you hear me Kowalski?!"

Kowalski: "Yes, Ma. I hear you."

The susunod Day...

Kowalski: *sneaks off reserve, very quietly passed the humans, to where they have all their papers, steals 3 maps, & sneaks off back to the reserve*

Kowalski: "Yes, this should give me all my answers!" *looks at all the papers* "Hey, these are the stars! But why are some of them colored?"

*Kowalski asks teacher why there are colored stars, she states that they aren't stars, they're planets*

Kowalski: *that night he finds a stash for all the papers he will retrieve & compares the map of the stars to the stars above & sees the resemblance*

3 Months Later...

Kowalski: *about to go off reserve but Steve sees him*

Steve: "Kowalski!? What are you doing!?"

Kowalski: *turns around* "Steve! I was just, uh--"

Steve: "--It looks like you were about to leave the reserve! What do you think your doing! You know that's against the rules not to mention dangerous!"

Kowalski: "You don't understand! I have so many tanong & those humans are answering them! All I do is look at their charts & listen to their conversations! Don't you se--"

Steve: "--Your spying on the humans! Do you realize the danger your putting yourself in?!"

Kowalski: "Please, Steve! You can't tell anyone! I need to know! The solitude of not knowing the wonders of the world is eating me alive!"

Steve: "OK, first, don't use big words around me. You know I don't know what the heck you're saying. Second, what if something happens to you? What am I supposed to do then? What about your parents? What are they supposed to do?"

Kowalski: "I've been doing this for 3 months now & I know how to sneak around them!"

Steve: "3 MONTHS! YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 3 MONTHS AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME!?"

Kowalski: "Yes! But I knew you would react this way! Please! You can't tell anyone!"

Steve: "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. I guess I'll just leave you now. And Kowalski, if you're seen, don't come crying to me." *stomps off*

Kowalski: "Steve, don't do this to me Steve! Come on, come back!" *sigh* *continues his research*

12 Years After Birth

*Kowalski is sitting at the side of his tahanan thinking*

Steve: *walks up to him* "Hey."

Kowalski: "Hey. What brings you here?"

Steve: "Look, man the last year's been torture without you. We're buds. I came to make you a deal. If you & I can pretend that never happened, I'll support you in your...um...what did you call it?"

Kowalski: "Um, research. You really mean it? We can be mga kaibigan again?"

Steve: "Yeah. Did you make your round today?"

Kowalski: "No. Wanna come with?"

Steve: "Sure. But I ain't gonna go off the reserve. I'll just watch you while your learning & give you a heads up if I spot any trouble. K?"

Kowalski: "Sure. Thanks."

Steve: "No prob. Let's go."

Off The Reserve...

Kowalski: *listening to the humans talking while hiding under their vehicle*

Human 1: "OK, so the Sun is letting off high levels of solar energy, the solar wind levels are high, so we should see many lights soon."

Kowalski: *whispering * "So the colored lights come from a "solar wind" from the "Sun". Huh." *sneeze* "Oh no..."

Human 2: "Did you hear that? It sounded like it came from under the truck..."

Kowalski: "I gotta get outta here..." *darts out from under truck & makes a break for the reserve*

Human 1: "There!" *Human 1 & 2 chase after the penguin*

Kowalski: "STEVE! GO!"

Steve: *belly slides away*

Kowalski: *hits a rock & flips out of control, landing in the snow*

Human 2: "Oh my goodness! We should help it."

Human 1: "Do you think it's alone?"

Human 2: "Maybe. Do you think we should take it back to New York with us? The Central Park Zoo doesn't have any penguins. We could make a few bucks."

Human 1: "Hey, you're right! C'mon. Let's go. I'm freezin' my butt off here."

Human 2: "Tell me about it." *puts ibong dagat in a large palamigan full of snow* "Let's get outta here."

Back At Kowalski's Home...

Steve: "Mr. & Mrs. Kowalski's parents! Help!"

*Angela & John come out of the home*

Angela: "What is it? Where's Kowalski?"

Steve: "He was captured sa pamamagitan ng humans! He's been learning things from them for over a taon now! I wanted to tell you but he made me promise not to! I'm so sorry!"

John: "Oh my God! Hurry, maybe we can catch them!"

*Angela, John, & Steve searched far off the reserve, but Kowalski was nowhere to be found*

To Be Continued...