The Wuggle and the wide awake boy - part three

(Part one of the story is here, part two of the story is here)
There was a huge pile of blankets all around the Wuggle's box, and it was very tempting to just climb down in among them on the floor, but Mummy, Daddy and the little boy decided to think some thinks about what they could do with all those blankets. 

The little boy thought and thought about who might be the coldest in all the world, and the thoughts were that penguins living on all the ice with no houses are probably the coldest. Polar bears at least have all that fur, after all, but penguins must be chilly, particularly since they get all wet swimming around in all that icy sea to catch their dinner. 

He was just sitting down, stroking the super super soft blankets with his little hands and thinking that perhaps he might just have a tiny, teeny, tinsy little snooze, when the Wuggle did a stretch and a yawn, and opened his big big eyes. 

"Oh! Hello little boy! I quite forgot where I was for a moment!" said the Wuggle. He wriggled out of his blankets, which took a while because he really had been snuggle buggled down well, and he did another huge yawn and another even huger stretch. 

Mummy and Daddy yawned, then the little boy yawned, and told the Wuggle his idea. 

"That is extremely clever! The penguins ARE very cold!" said the Wuggle, and he pulled his box back out of the corner and told the little boy to climb in. 

The little boy said that Mummy and Daddy would be worried - but then behind him he heard a little snore, and turned around and saw Mummy and Daddy, curled up on a soft stripey blanket. 

He covered them with another of the lovely blankets - which still left plenty and heaps and lots for the penguins - and he piled them all onto the box around him and the Wuggle, and away they went in the blink of an eye!

Up up up in the sky they whoooooooshed along, and before he knew it the little boy could see ice and snow all around him, in every direction. He could see his breath poofing out in little poofs.
"Look down there!" said the Wuggle - and there, waddling across the ice in a big long line that looked like a wiggle worm from up in the sky, were the penguins!

The little boy was VERY excited - penguins were his very favourite animals and he had never been able to get any closer than the fences at the zoo - and how he could see hundreds of penguins!

They landed the box with a bump, and slid along the ice a little way, knocking in to one of the penguins - and all of a sudden it was like skittles! The penguins all bumped into each other bash bash bash and over they went, sliding around all over the white ice! 

The little boy thought it looked terribly funny, but he felt a bit guilty because the penguins only had flippers instead of arms and they seemed to find it a little hard to get back up! 

He and the Wuggle helped all the penguins stand up, and they said they were sorry for knocking them all down. The penguins rubbed their bottoms with their flippers and said "It's ok, but it is a little bit horrible getting an icy cold bottom!"

"We have brought you something that might help!" said the little boy, and he ran to the Wuggle's box and started pulling out all the blankets. It was amazing how many big, fluffy, multi-coloured stripey blankets fit inside that box, it was as if it was a magic box! 

The penguins were so excited, they clapped their flippers and honked their honks. They loved the blankets, and loved wrapping them around themselves. It helped if they slipped over on the slippy slidey ice, stopping their bottoms getting bruises, and they were so fluffy and nice to waddle around in.

The Daddy penguins thought the blankets would help to keep their eggs extra warm, and the Mummy penguins said they were very excited that they had something warm to wrap up in after hunting for their dinner. 

Normally when you see the penguins waddling around on the ice everything is black and white, so cold and frosty, and they are very brilliant but not very colourful.

The little boy thought they looked much happier and brighter with the stripes and swirls of the blankets all over the ice. 

With a big smile the Wuggle said "I think they are very happy - and I am getting very hungry for my dinner - we should go home!"

And the little boy said "Yes, and we can tell Mummy and Daddy all about the penguins!"

So they climbed back into the box (which the little boy was even MORE sure was magic now) and snuggle buggled down into the snuggly wuggly blankets and whoosh, they were in the sky. The penguins waved their flippers happily, shouting thank you, and faster than ever, they were home in the playroom where Mummy and Daddy were still fast-a-fast-asleep in the blankets on the floor!

The little boy woke them up and told them all about his adventure with the Wuggle and the penguins. Mummy and Daddy turned to thank the Wuggle for doing such a very nice thing, but he was fast-a-fast-asleep! 

It was turning out to be a very, very exciting day - and the little boy was ever so ever so happy that the Wuggle had come to play. But he did look ever so ever so comfortable snuggle buggled up in that box - so the little boy curled up beside him, yawning, and asked Mummy and Daddy to wake him in time for dinner, because he did just want a teeny tiny little snooze. 

Mummy and Daddy smiled and crept quietly out of the playroom, letting the little boy and the Wuggle have their nap, and went to make some delicious dinner.