Show 6 B NEP PYGMY hippopotami when a person wishes to speak of a number of it little people the person sa ans 9 children but bill when lien only one Is spoken of the person says child mild tit sirs mrs pygmy hippopotamus us rut but when any on wishes to speak of nil of its tiley say any hippopotami which menns more than one hippopotamus 1 I do hope I 1 have been clear 1 I think so said mr pygmy hippopotamus popo tamus but let us call eneck other hippo for short A rood good iden idea said mrs airs hippo there Is your brother in yonder tank home she continued ile he likes his lonely ways and Is hoppy happy all by himself now I 1 would not lie ile happy like that I 1 am sociable so an ani I 1 il 1 said mr hippo and I 1 he be in the least happy living by myself 1 I want companionship I 1 want some gome one to talk to and tint to ent eat ray my meals with lonely meals I 1 could not endure but meal with me you like very well said mrs hippo with a grin 1 I know why anity you tire are grinning mr hippo and that Is because ion think I 1 lake my meals so well do I 1 merely think that aki mrs airs hippo or am I 1 correct la Is it not true that you like your meals quite true said sir mr hippo quite true I 1 like my meals immensely it Is a pleasure but it Is a pleasure for me to have my meals with you it is A pleasure for me too said mrs rs hippo with a polite bow 1 I have understood that eliat I 1 have uz aled people because when my mouth Is open I 1 show my tusks and when my mouth Is closed no one can sec them sold mr hippo ali ah aes es aon have puzzled many SAN said mrs hippe 1 I do not see why I 1 should sold said mr hippo 1 I am not puzzled because I 1 do not see peoples tongues when their mouths are arc closed and yet catch sight of their tongues ft aben hen their mouths are open 1 I do not see why thy they are surprised it Is because you on look quite gentle when ailien jou iou dout dont show your tusks but when you open your mouth and lour tusks you look so suddenly ion dnn berous explained I 1 sirs mrs hippo well sald said mr hippo 1 I can he be thing dangerous erous if people tire are not nice to me that Is true enough 17 7 suppose said mrs hippo dint every one knows that hint a pygmy hippo Is 19 a 8 small sized hippo but were a regular kind kill of animal by that I 1 mean that were not simply small sized hippopotami but that were a regular family of animals animal q only people can know us its by seeing that we look like lik big hippopotami and yet tire are ever so much smaller some once thought we looked like chocolate bars made up into animals that was a funny thought but there was sense to it too we tire are che chocolate colored all ali said mr hippo 1 I am very happy in ili the zoo I 1 like the life here I 1 enjoy the food I 1 have to ent eat I 1 am pleased with your companionship and I 1 find no fault with life 1 I feel the same way about life and the zoo zon find and my food and ami you said mrs hippo 11 1 I dont believe in creatures maling making a fuss nil all them the time I 1 dont make a fuss I 1 ant am pleasant and I 1 believe that hat because I 1 enjoy myself so much I 1 dont get sick rick 1 I never get sick rick I 1 dont ev r vant to get sick sack the same with nith me said mr hippo 1 I belicia your words are true and sensible ones ivy dear dwite how nice it Is abolt we e sli agree so so beautifully and that we e should mate well I 1 sup poe sald said mrs hippo with a quitine smile that hint if we laidet beer so friendly and enjoyed tile the sanie same things as we did we would never have been mates in the he ill lice ce Tl ints the thing sail said sir hippo youve lilt the llie nall on oil tile 11 call cl chich means youve struck the right J answer ili li the right anny right on iNith out any cilny delay or ing ng |