B
efore he went to bed one night, Omar watched
a documentary film with his father. It was all
about animals, and he was surprised to see how some
animals survived under the most difficult conditions. As
he got into bed, he thought about what he had seen. He
imagined that he lived where those animals did, and
suddenly he found himself in a place
all covered with snow. He began to
wander around.
All of a sudden, he heard a
voice say, "Welcome, Omar!"
"Who are you?" Omar asked.
"I am a penguin," came the
answer.
The creature that was speak-
ing looked just like it was wearing a tuxedo. Omar remembered
what it was right away. There had been a segment about penguins
in the documentary he had watched with his father that evening.
"Oh yes," said Omar: "I just saw something about your life on
television. It's really freezing here. Don't you ever get cold?"
The penguin answered: "This is the South Pole, and the temper-
atures here can go as low as a freezing -130 degrees Fahrenheit
(-88 degrees Celsius). This environment would kill many animals,
but we have no difficulty living here, although this is only because
of some special qualities that Allah has given us.
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