Team Ahimsa Blog Relay, Various Contests

Muffy - Tongue Twister 2 - Happy Hippo

Note: I guess each member is allowed one qualified entry.
I just felt like writing this so I did, and submitted it. I am perfectly happy having written it, I don't need to get any more incentives.

A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.

Do you know the story of the Hare and the Tortoise? The one in which they had a race, and the tortoise won though he was slower, because the hare got over-confident?

Well, there's something you don't know about. And I'm going to reveal this secret here and now. It wasn't the hare who won the race, as we know. But it wasn't the tortoise either.

What actually happened was this - the animals had been very excited about the race for days beforehand. The hippo got so excited, he forgot to drink enough water or eat properly. With the result that he lost some weight and was very thirsty. He didn't notice these things, however, because he was so focused on the upcoming Hare V/s. Tortoise race.

On the day, he went there early, with Mrs. Hippo and the two little hippos, to get a good place to stand and watch. They got a lovely place where they could see almost the whole route the contestants would run.

It was when the starter said - READY, SET, GO ... and the two began to run that Mr. Hippo's hiccups began. He was so thirsty, he hiccupped and hiccupped. The hiccups were so strong and he was so thin that each hiccup made him hop.

"Hippo, dear!" Mrs. Hippo cried out, as her husband hopped away from her.

"Hey, Hippo, Dad," the two little ones yelled, trying to run behind their hopping father.

But nobody could catch up with hopping hippo. The crowd parted and stared. They didn't know whether to watch the main race or this side show.

Hippo was worried at first, but then he saw the finish line come into view. "I'm going to win," he thought, and through the hiccups, a big grin spread across his face.

So now you know the truth.

A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped across that finish line first. We just don't get to hear much about it because he wasn't on the track, and the committee is still deciding whether his race was qualified or not.