The Day the Hippopotamus Grew

Fun little rhyming story about the hippo

I am here to tell you about the day the hippopotamus grew.

It started out like any other day.

 The birds in the trees and the crocodiles lay. 

The ground was soft on the riverbanks

 and the hippopotamus was out in spanx. 

He was as all hippopotami are, out today 

to run around and have his way. 

If you asked him if he knew, 

what he would today go through... 

He would stare and stare blankly at you. 

He first went frolicking through the trees,

 then paid a visit to the bees. 

He loved honey as all hippopotami do 

and went and ate the tree and hive too. 

His belly got big and decided to take

 a walk down, down to the lake. 

Once he was there he went along 

and ate him some ducks right out of their pond.

With his belly all full

 he went and sat on his favorite stool.

 He looked in the mirror and could see

 that he had grown... grown times 3. 

Was it the duck, honey, or tree

 that made his size grow times 3? 

He couldn't tell as all he knew 

is that his spanx still fit even though he grew. 

Reviews

[Tbear]

Oh that was a fun read! Would love to see this one with illustrations ..oh the spanx!

[miahstr]

I would love to find someone to illustrate this lol. When I was writing it I could see the hippo in spanx and couldnt help but smile. I have a nephew who runs around and eats everything and he was a little bit of an inspiration lol.

[Tbear]

You could easily turn this into a fun childs 'adult' book.. I admire all childrens books especially those with some humor.. :)

[miahstr]

Sorry guys the first version was not seperated