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Hippo Wants to Dance

Author : Marisa Steyn , Sam Beckbessinger     Illustrator : Megan Andrews

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Hippo wants to dance. She jumps up and down on the dusty ground.

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THUMP! THUMP!

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* limace  

 

“You’re getting dirt on me!” says Shongololo*, sleeping in the sand.

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“Go dance somewhere else.”

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Hippo wants to dance. She rolls into the river and splashes her arms and legs.

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SPLISH! SPLASH!

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“You’re making me wet!” says Kingfisher*, hunting for her breakfast.

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“Go dance somewhere else.”

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Hippo wants to dance. She twirls around and around in a field, kicking her legs up high.

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SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

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“Be careful! You nearly kicked me!” says Meerkat, bathing his babies.

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“Go dance somewhere else.”

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Hippo wants to dance. She flops into a puddle of mud and slides around on her nice big belly.

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SQUISH! SQUASH!

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“Why don’t you stop dancing?” asks Donkey, carrying his buckets.

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“Why can’t you do something useful instead?”

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Hippo is sad. She is too sad to dance.

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She sits on a rock and cries. The tears roll down her cheeks and fall on the ground.

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PLOP! PLOP! Grasshopper hears Hippo’s tears. He starts dancing around her feet.

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HOP! HOP!

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Hippo and Grasshopper* start to dance, and the other animals come to look …

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The end

   

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