ocr: This seemed to clear the air a little. Our hosts quickly realised that the only way of stopping us talking the whole time was to do some talking themselves. The penguin, Phred explained, was traditional. Every 28 February they hung a dead penguin on - a tree. It was a tradition that had only started today and they doubted if they would keep it up, but in the meantime at least itl kept the flies off the penguin.