The holy man knelt and gave thanks to the Lord who had delivered him from the snares of the demon.

Then he recognised, sitting on a block of ice, the mother bear who had spoken during the storm.

She pressed her beloved child to her bosom, and in her hand she held a purple book marked with a golden cross.

Hailing the granite trough, she saluted the holy man with these words: "Pax tibi Mael." And she held out the book to him.
The holy man recognised his evangelistary, and, full of astonishment, he sang in the tepid air a hymn to the Creator and His creation.
V.THE BAPTISM OF THE PENGUINS After having drifted for an hour the holy man approached a narrow strand, shut in by steep mountains.

He went along the coast for a whole day and a night, passing around the reef which formed an insuperable barrier.