And Tango Makes Three
Author’s Note: All of the events in this story are true. Roy and Silo are called chinstrap penguins because of the delicate line of black feathers that loops under their beaks, as if to hold a hat in place. After years of living side by side in the Central Park Zoo, they discovered each other in 1998 and they have been a couple ever since. Tango, their only chick, was born from an egg laid by another penguin couple named Betty and Porkey. That couple had often hatched their own eggs, but they had never been able to care for more than one at a time. In 2000, when Betty laid two fertile eggs, Rob Gramzay decided to give Roy, Silo, and one of those eggs a chance to become a family. If you go to the Central Park Zoo, you can see Tango and her parents splashing about in the penguin house along with their friends, including Nipper, Squawk, Charlie, Wasabi, and Piwi. There are forty-two chinstrap penguins in the Central Park Zoo and over ten million chinstraps in the world. But there is only one Tango. by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005
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Silo and Roy broke up
Sad bur true. Now Silo has a female mate and Roy mostly stares at the wall.
@Salnax Love ur sarcasm! And ur right, this is a very loving and educational story!
@PS11833 LOL!
not every christian thinks the same you know. i’m a christian and i love this book. i think its a sweet story
I Loved This Book. Its amazing.
@StardustWolf I heard about that : (((( so sad!
Oh gosh guys… I think after listening to this book I’m going to be gay. Darn them persuasive penguins
Thank you for making this video. This story is very adorable, I love it. <3 A shame people feel the need to 'ban' it over something such as two people (or in this case penguins) of the same gender who love one another.
Love is love, no matter the gender!
I think it is awful that closed minded people think that this book should be banned. It is a beautiful touching story. As someone who works with children, we have to teach children to understand and be respectful of all types of families. ignorance begets fear and fear begets violence, so the best way to teach open mindedness is to teach.
That was a nice story. Why is it banned? There is nothing sexual in this book at all. It’s about two gay penguins that want to have a baby. All it does is teach kids how alternative families can work.
@Salnax Thats because of those stupid homophobic parents!
Thanks dude
and then a bunch of skinhead pinguins broke into Roy and Silo’s Nest. They beat out the shit of Silo, and killed Roy when he tried to protect Tango. Then they ate her. In the morning all the animals were very very sad. To protest againtst this violent act, they all became gay. The end.
I really liked the little annotation toward the end of the video. “It’s sad when the “family values” of a few trump the value of family for all” This is such a beautiful interpretation of the senseless banning of this book.
How they ban this but not the BIBLE?????
@WOLFWARR1
Aren’t you ashamed that your god has killed millions of humans for stupid reasons? How can you support your god?
This is sad that a simple story is banned by narrowed minded people
I love this book love is love no matter who you find it in. I hate that this book is banned. Even if one day it bacomes illegal I will illegally read this book to my children. It’s a beautiful story. Added to my favs.
I absolutely love this book!!! It’s so cute! And 100% true.
how can a nation be so homophobic – unbelievable :/
@Salnax I feel angry
I love how it’;s a children’s book. Teaching children how it’s okay to love someone no matter what their gender is. Very cute!
Thank you for posting ㋡
made me cry :’) so beautiful.