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The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts/The Hippopotamus

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225423The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts — The HippopotamusHilaire Belloc


The Hippopotamus

I shoot the Hippopotamus




with bullets made of platinum,

Because if I use leaden ones



his hide is sure to flatten 'em.