Penguins are birds - even if they don't fly

Miss Renee asked us today what she thought should go up on the bulletin board for spring.  There are a lot of symbols for spring - flowers, kites, birds... STOP!  Birds right there we told her that we thought she should put a bird up - like a Robin.  We're told they come back in the Spring. I wonder where they went - probably on vacation - why don't we get to go on one of those.  I don't know stop interrupting.  Anyway we said it should be a bird.  We almost had her too until she looked at the bulletin board and said "You know I've already done a bird.  A Penguin is a bird, even if it doesn't fly."  Stop right there.  It doesn't fly!  We were in shock.  First that she wasn't going to put up a bird and second that we didn't know penguins couldn't fly.  How can they be a bird if they don't fly?!  Oh and to make matters worse do you know what Miss Renee is thinking of putting on the bulletin board instead of a bird - a snail!  I don't even know what that is.  Its unbelievable.  Kyp and I are going to have to find a book on penguins and on snails just to find out what kind of madness is happening here at the library.