Greetings! I’m Pauline the Pelican. I soar over Waterlily Lake, wings spread wide, always with an eye out for fish, floaters, interesting tidbits in the water—and yes, sometimes I’m tempted to take what isn’t mine, just for a moment. Not because I want to be bad, but because curiosity and hunger can whisper louder than honesty.

I once “borrowed” fish from Seamus, thinking he’d catch more later; I thought it wouldn’t matter. But I felt uneasy, because I had upset a friend. Returning what I took, apologizing, seeing hurt — that taught me more about compassion than any fish ever did.

I can be clumsy, too. Feathers rustling, fish slipping, balance tipping — water doesn’t always obey me. But I laugh at my mishaps, try again. I like friendship, honesty, respect: more than just wings and beak.

Stay with me by the lake shore. Listen to pond-ripples, feel the sun’s warmth on feathers, see how even mistakes can become moments of learning. I’ll share stories of curiosity, of apology, of how being true matters more than appearing clever.