Show Evening T v GRAHAM B N ER I MV PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS Ills His name was Midget fidget and aDd he be was wu named Darned that because he was so 10 small aIL aILIn In the first place he belonged to the Pygmy Hippopotamus family and the they are an all very small email It It Is II a small family and the members of ot It are never big as are the members of ot the regular HIppopotamus Hippopotamus hippopotamus Hip HIp- family He lIe was very small malt even for tor a Pygmy Pygmy my Hippopotamus and end he was wu even very verr small fur tor a Pygmy Hippopotamus baby That was really all he was Wal lie He was aa just a baby He lie could walk of ot course He lie was waa smart that wa way and he tie could do a number of ot things tot things fol- fol low ow his mother around look politely at admiring vIII visitors tors and put himself to tobed bed 1 He lie didn't have to learn to dress and undress himself for tor he be wore the same little smooth suit all the time It was waa just like the co costume tume his mother wore except his was very much smaller If he had worn one the ilze size his mother wore he would have been completely lost In It It lie He was such a 11 little wee creature 1 Yet he W was l a very h healthy althy little fel fet low And he was getting fatter every everyday everT day Ills His cunning little stomach was becoming becoming becoming be be- coming II so round and fat that It almost looked as 08 os though he were one of ot those long filled Ailed toy hippopotamus balloons that shape you often see when youre you're I picking outa toy tOT balloon nt at the circus or the fair with a little head at one end and little feet underneath the body A good many times each day the keeper would call to his mother and to him I Come Mother come and show the tha visitors your I baby Come along and show Midget to them For or Tootsie was his mothers mother's name And when his mother was called she would go slowly to the end of her 1 d Ih y NII 1 wy t tr r Midget Never Left HI His HI Mothers Mother's Side enormous yard outside of which were visitors looking at hAP bar through the wired fence As his mother went forward of ot course he went too Ye Midget never never left his m mothers mother's rt ers er's side All day long and all J right long they stayed together Wh Vba she Bhe got up he ha got up too When she decided tr t lie Ile down he did the same Sometimes she would pet him and often he would give her ear or her head an nn affectionate little lick which was his kiss and he be would say Dear Mother l Hippo I love loe you so much She looked so often otten at him at his hla dear little body which looked like a smooth cake of chocolate for tor It was much the color of chocolate too And she looked at the people an and went to them when the keeper called her to show off her baby but none of ot them she thought amounted to any thing It was her baby who counted counte for tor something o. He n was Just lust so 10 dear and o. n so cunning and while at times be he was wa naughty she always loved him At times of ot course coune he thought she was pretty strict but he always loved love her Now again the keeper was calling cUlling to tu her Mother tome come and show them your our little tittle t o two old old son Come along Mother show him himoff off I Slowly down through the yard lard wall walked d and Midget close cloae be beside side herEen her Even en In their walk he stopped at times tines to give her ler a little kiss upon her dear cheek and then trotted on livery Every time she looked at th the people and opened her eyes just a little wider It seemed but every time she said to herself None of them can b be compared to tomy tomy tomy my little darling for charm lIe He Is so cunning He lIe Is II such a dear baby love |