Gateway to the Classics: The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
 
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by  Hilaire Belloc

The Hippopotamus


[Illustration]

I shoot the Hippopotamus

With bullets made of platinum,

Because if I use leaden ones


[Illustration]

His hide is sure to flatten 'em.

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