{"id":202369,"date":"2022-01-03T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=202369"},"modified":"2021-12-31T04:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:41:32","slug":"the-penguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/01\/the-penguin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Penguin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-202371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin1-rotated-e1640925300992.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thought I will find you in the Antarctic<br \/>\nBut there you are, in Africa!<br \/>\nAll dressed up in your finest.<br \/>\nBlack and white is the dress code.<br \/>\nLooking like your Highness!<br \/>\nYou waddle with a wiggle.<br \/>\nYou cannot fly, yet you can glide.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s no ice\u2026<br \/>\nOnly a muddy puddle<br \/>\nYou really love to slide!<br \/>\nAre you a fish?<br \/>\nAre you a bird?<br \/>\nPerhaps no word.<br \/>\nThis is what the Creator preferred.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202372 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin2-rotated-e1640925323452.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-202373 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/penguin3-rotated-e1640925335191.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Inspired by these penguins at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-186568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Usha-Roopnarain-e1623990401501.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> Dr Usha Roopnarain \u2013 Former parliamentarian in the National Assembly of South Africa, social activist and passionate about human rights and gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought I will find you in the Antarctic<br \/>\nBut there you are, in Africa!<br \/>\nAll dressed up in your 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