![]() ![]() One hippo starts to get annoyed when the next group of uninvited (we can only surmise) hippos arrive overdressed. Why are these seven hippos here? Did one hippo call them, too? He looks happy that they have come, but the reader is left to wonder a lot (like how long have the two hippos been there). Turn the page and here we see the two phoned hippos in the one hippo’s house looking a little annoyed that there are “three hippos at the door bring along another four.” I’m with you, annoyed hippo. A solitary hippo, alone and bored calls two other hippos on the phone (one must suspend his disbelief to guess how the hippo dials a number on the phone with such stubby hoofs). ![]() Moving on to the story itself, the book begins well. Bow-tied hippo just wanted some time to hang with his friend. ![]()
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