Show mr dadds eveia ia F fory fairy ory ta tale I 1 e BOWER P 11 11 1 11 n iron hippopotamus AND ANDANT ANT A little ant er along one of the bora bars of the enormous cage that belonged to tile lie hippopotamus the hippopotamus lived in tile lie zoo too where lie he lind on nn indoor room a large both and one outside yard what la is that asked mr hippopotamus po tamus Is it n moving speck what can it be it seem to fly and i it cannot be a ly fly ive seen been tilts flies before fine suld tile tho rhinoceros from ills his zoo hetue bomo nearby wonderful to lie bo able to 0 o say that you have seen been illes mercy 1 better than though you could fly that you had been around the world and had seen grout great sights mountains waterfalls rivers lakes and the are sights nut not to bo be thought of when a creature has bus been able to see dee flies 11 mr rhinoceros laughed ns as though he thought lie he had been very funny but mr hippopotamus shook till his enormous hend head mr air rhinoceros you have been very stupid 1 I tit did not say I 1 had bad seen flies files in a boastful fashion na bis it if I 1 had find seen something very flue I 1 sald said it in ho file most ordinary tone of a hippos voice mr rhinoceros pretended lie did not hear lie he knew lie ho had britt quite misunderstood the hippopotamus would you like to know what I 1 am asked the lie ant 1 I would indeed said the po pot amna tamus 1 I din am nn an ant a little insect 1 I crawl about and make nut ant little hills where the tints ants live I 1 work kinrd I 1 carry things on my back where Is your back asked tho ils 1 I dont dure are come too near said the ant you might swallow 1 lid a in a half second or stop step on me ama poor litte ant gald mr hippo po tamu tamus even noticing you are so BO big and 1 am so tiny but my bock back la Is where most moat creatures backs are kept at the alie back of themselves 1 I dont see how you can carry anything on your back said euld mr hippopotamus po tamus how Is it youre in the zoo too oil I 1 judt juat came as a visitor vl altor im not invited to stay and no one especially wants to see nee me poor little ant bald mr hippopotamus po tamus N how sorry I 1 feel for you dear me I 1 was born in the zoo my relative come from far far away in east bast africa I 1 dont suppose you could crawl there it if you took a hundred years about lt it though of course I 1 dont know but I 1 do feel sorry for you as people dont evidently want to look at you with interest if you dont belong here 1 I will take a bath little ant and drown my tears of sorrow gorrow and the big hippopotamus splashed in his bath and frightened the ant away but no one saw him shed any tears instead he sung to himself in this thin fashion im good old alippo im good old hippo lm im good old hippopotamus hippo im good old hippo im good old hippo I 1 seldom eldom make a fuse I 1 im m good old hippo P pol im good old hippo im good old hoppo im good old hippo im good old hippo I 1 ride on a but bur I 1 am rn 10 o ft fat 0 I 1 am M 0 o I 1 at t I 1 am ain so 0 o fat you know id take taka a whole seat eat id take a whole seat eat and a neat eat Is 1 meant for two ohl im m good old hippopotami I 1 am I 1 am I 1 am splash splash oy myong mong a wing swing and my song a dash daihl oath blah its lt my own fat son conf |