The Wolf and the Penguin

This is an old fable, resurrected from stories passed down from generation to generation until it reached the Dark Ages, when it was forgotten for a stretch because people just stopped caring about the welfare of penguins as a whole. I bring it back now for the benefit of those of you who have not been permanently scarred by Aesop's old Fables. Please enjoy.

This is a tale of a wolf, out one fine, summer day on his way to gather stones. What for, I don't know, just play along with me here, okay? Anyway, here he was, out looking for stones when he came upon a rickety, old, wooden bridge that spanned a swiftly moving river. Also crossing the water was a path of stones that easily allowed passage over the water.

On the other side of the river was a penguin, also faced with the task of crossing the river. You see, he was up visiting friends and he had to cross this river to get over to their house. He paused there, waiting for the wolf to make the first move: stones or bridge?
Well, the wolf didn't care so he just took his time on the other side, looking for suitable rocks for whatever purpose he was gonna use them for. This obvious lack of courtesy really started to piss off the penguin after about five minutes of intense searching by the wolf. He finally decided that he was going to be the one to take action, and he started towards the rocks. The wolf saw this little move towards the rock path and saw a perfect opportunity to have fun. He promptly started off towards the rock path. When he got to the first rock he said out loud, " Wow! It's such a nice day to be out and around, I think I'll frolic across the river on this beautiful stone path."
The penguin got startled when he heard the wolf speak, because he had been staring at the rocks, worrying if they were slippery or not (because he was from a really cold place, like most penguins are). So he looked up and saw the wolf there, and promptly decide that he was going to go across on the bridge.
As both of them got about halfway across their own separate crossway, they turned to each other and the wolf just smiled over devilishly at the penguin. It's been said that actually the wolf was just looking over quizzically at the penguin, because this wolf had never seen a penguin before and possibly was wondering what the hell that creature was on the old wooden bridge, but that really isn't very likely, because one day when the wolf was searching for rocks he actually went down that far south to where penguins live, but that is another story entirely. Right at that moment, the boards in the bridge consciously decided to break, plunging the penguin into the water, but not before the penguin managed one last act. He spun around and did a triple axle- reverse twist with a quarter pike into the swirling river and was gone. Evidently, this penguin forgot that he could swim and suffered a rather undignified death, for a penguin, and would have been ridiculed if anyone that really knew penguins well was hanging around the river long enough to see the dead body of the penguin pop up a little further on downstream. The wolf just saw the poor little bird do that magnificent dive into the water, stood clapping on the rocks for a minute, then went skipping off the path and onto the other side. He just laughed to himself, " Wow, what a dumb bird, I can't believe it fell in the river." Why, the wolf couldn't believe that, I don't know, but for some reason he thought it was so funny that he ended up forgetting about the rocks and he went home to tell his neighbours about it.

The Moral: The moral of this story is that penguins should never try to cross wooden bridges just cause they're afraid of stepping on icy rocks and being eaten by a wolf, because you never know, the bridge may break and you could drown.
Another Moral: If you are ever in the position where you may be crossing a river, and there is a penguin on the other side, and there are two possible ways to cross it, it's better to sit down and face the other way. This way the penguin will eventually get fed up with waiting and try to cross. Even though it would be fun, don't try to fake the penguin out by making like you're gonna cross the same way it's trying to cross, because it will just result in another senseless penguin death. So heed this advice and try to incorporate it into your daily, or even monthly philosophy and the world will be a better place to live in. Thank you.