Or perhaps some of the women Penguins have danced round a magic stone and drunk water from the fountains where the nymphs dwell.

If it be so, believe, O Penguins, that the Lord has sent this dragon to punish all for the crimes of some, and to lead you, O children of the Penguins, to exterminate blasphemy, superstition, and impiety from amongst you.

For this reason I advise, as a remedy against the great evil from which you suffer, that you carefully search your dwellings for idolatry, and extirpate it from them.

I think it would be also efficacious to pray and do penance." Thus spoke the holy Mael.

And the Elders of the Penguin people kissed his feet and returned to their villages with renewed hope.
VIII.