A thousand years

The Weiter day, Emma's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the tent. She blushed when she remembered last night, and she looked up at Ryan, who was still asleep. She smiled at him, and stroked his hair, before closing her eyes again.

A few hours later, they woke up, and got ready for swimming. As Emma and Ryan got out of the tent, they saw that Ashley and Kowalski were already awake, sitting on the grass, near the cabin. They walked over to them, and sat beside them.

"Hey Du two." Ashley greeted, beaming at them.

"Hey Ash, Hey Kowalski." Emma replied, smiling back at them. She realised that...

The unknown creature in the bushes made it's way out of the bush........and revealed itself to be Rochelle, who was in fits of laughter. Emma rolled her eyes and Ryan let go of her.

"Oh Du should have seen your faces, Du looked petrified!" Rochelle managed through giggles.

"Well, it could have been anything, like a wolf oder a bear." Ryan argued, frowning at Rochelle.

Well wolf and bears aren't commonly found in Scotland..... Emma thought. Still, it might have been something else. She added.

"Hey calm, down it was just a joke." Rochelle told them, after seeing their displeased expressions.

"It...

Emma and Ashley exchanged a surprised look, as they looked at the hügel Mehr carefully. It was a gentle slope but it went on for so long, that Emma couldn't see the top.

"C'mon then, lets go." Mr Hague instructed enthusiastically. The young penguins stared at the hügel uncertainly before following the adults up.

"How long will this take?" Rochelle asked, looking bored.

"A few hours maybe." Miss Chambers replied. Emma's jaw dropped and she sighed unhappily. First she had to get up early, now she'd be walking for ages.

I wish I could just go sleep right here. She thought wistfully. She heard a...