The Animal House

 What preceded:

 November 2013 I bought this house from Jacomine Mink in IJsselstein. I had seen this house on the fair and immediately fell in love with it. It is a kind of house but, due to the large staircases, it also looks like a theatre. I had no idea what I would make in it.

   

Over the years I had already bought cats from Angelique (Angels dolls ). Just because I fancied them. Later she also had frogs and I loved them too. Of course, all those naked animals had to be dressed. The animals are the same size as dolls so the clothes I designed fitted cats, frogs and dolls.

I had the penguins , from Schleich, since 2006. Over the years I had collected even more penguins. And over time I had dressed up these animals just for fun.

 

Now the story starts……..

 

THE PENGUINS


A penguin colony lived peacefully at the South Pole. Of course there was sometimes a quarrel, as everywhere, but in general the penguins were satisfied.
Although ... their habitat was getting smaller due to the crumbling ice. This caused more and more irritations and even fights. It became less and less fun and some animals really took up too much space. Others adapted easily and simply settled into their destiny.
There were warnings that their floes were no longer safe and that they had to move. But well, if you have lived on that floe for generations, you don't just give up on that.
Still, not everyone ignored the warnings.
It went well until one night there was a terrible storm. The floe creaked under the penguin's feet and slowly started to break free.
"We have to go, we have to go immediately," it suddenly sounded from all sides.
Panic.
There was a scream and a push. Cries of terror and splashing echoed in the roaring wind.
Penguins crowded through the narrow glacier that was their floe's entrance to the hinterland. They were safe there, and they sat shivering and exhausted.
Only the next morning, when it got light, they could see who had survived the disaster.
What a shock! Everyone was missing family members and loved ones. The defeat was great. Rescues were launched, but they were unsuccessful. A few days passed before they realized they needed to take action. After long deliberation, it was decided that they would set off. Because everyone had suffered a great loss, togetherness was great. They would do it together.
On to a safer place.

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