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Two puffins took turns warming an egg in their underground burrow until, one day, a tiny hole opened in the shell. Bit by bit, the shell fell away to reveal a small black bill, then an eye, a head, and finally a ball of damp feathers. A puffling was born.
The mother puffin tucked her baby under her wing to dry his downy feathers. Outside, a storm blew icy water at the island where they