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ALBI TROSS and the PILOT

						Albi and the Pilot persuaded Penguin to join them singing a collection of songs from the Gilbert and Sullivan songbook. Pilot looked in the emergency dressing up box for some suitable costumes.
	Penguin wanted to dress up as a cowboy. They did not hove a cowboy outfit so they all all dressed up as the three little maids form the Mikado. They then sang the Policeman's song three times. "Well now." said Albi. "We have had the story, we've sung the song, now for the Nutmeg Shandy." "We don't have any Nutmeg Shandy" said Pilot. " No Nutmeg Shandy, that's terrible." said Penguin but said it very quietly as he really did not like Nutmeg Shandy. " You are both stalling." said Pilot looking very crossly at Albi and the Penguin." Now, where is the nearest land?" Penguin asked if he could keep the hat from the dressing up box. " The land." demanded Pilot. "The nearest." ask Penguin. Pilots nose was almost touching Penguins beak as he looked hard into Penguins eyes.
	"It's not always easy to judge the distance accurately." said Penguin. "You don't have to be accurate to the nearest fish tail." said Pilot. "Well in that case." said Penguin. " I would say the nearest land is about two miles in that direction."
	Penguin pointed with a wing in a direction just over the port bow of the dingy. "Two miles off in ....." Pilot turned round and looked. Much to his amazement there was a small island just off the port bow. " We're saved." said Pilot. Pilot took out a pair of small oars and started rowing as fast as he could towards the small island. The Rowing was made more difficult by the fact he was still dressed as Eckey Ling Ching from the Mikado. Even so the land got closer and closer.
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