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One Cool Friend

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One Cool Friend is a 2012 children's picture book by Toni Buzzeo, with illustrations by David Small.During a visit to the aquarium, Elliot sees his dream pet: a Magellanic penguin. It's in a tux and has a proper posture, like him. He asks his father for a penguin, and his father, believing he meant a stuffed animal, says yes and gives him money. Elliot picks the smallest penguin from the exhibit and takes it home.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })
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Adorably Precocious Child
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Adorably Precocious Child: Elliot is a sharply dressed and bright little boy with impeccable manners, who's not interested in the exhibits at the aquarium that are popular (and crowded) with children, but he still has a childish innocence that excuses him from stealing an animal from an aquarium exhibit.
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Ambiguous Situation: It's revealed to the reader that Elliot's father is totally fine with his son keeping a penguin and himself has a giant tortoise. How much he knew about Magellan and whether Elliot was trying to sneak the penguin around are both left ambiguous.
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Ambiguous Syntax: Elliot tells his father he's going to do research at the library about Magellan (the penguin, not the explorer). His father says in third grade, he got Captain Cook. The reader is made to think he's talking about a research project about James Cook, but since he owns a tortoise named Captain Cook, it's more likely he's telling his son he got the tortoise when he in third grade.
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