Summary for chapter 6

Chapter 6: A policeman arrives at the door, and is surprised to see the penguin waddling around. The policeman is somewhat scared of the beast and won't come in. He thinks it's a giant parrot, and Mr. Popper must correct him. The policeman had been called by the scared service man to investigate, but he is totally flummoxed by the penguin, and doesn't know if it's legal to have or not. The policeman allows Mr. Popper to keep the bird, but he orders Mr. Popper to call City Hall about the proper permit.

Mr. Popper calls City Hall, and he is subjected to a good deal of bureaucratic red tape, as he is swapped from operator to operator. He tells one city employee about Captain Cook, but the confused employee believes Captain Cook is a real person at first, or that this Captain Cook wishes to obtain a permit to shoot birds. After one final time being transferred, Mr. Popper has had enough, and he decides that City Hall has no laws for or against penguins, so he will simply keep Captain Cook without a license.