And there goes another animal...

I was standing out there just not doing anything because I can when I saw something I have not seen before. Right there walking across our pasture was an Hippopotomus. Yes. A Blue Hippopotomus with White spots. Of course I could hardly believe what I was seeing since as I said I have heard about Hippopotomus but have never seen one. But there one was. It had stopped to get a little of our hay to eat. I walked over to speak to the Hippopotomus in our pasture.

I don't know about all Hippopotomuss but this one spoke very clearly. He told me he was on his way to visit his sister and her family in the Land of Wayupnorth. I wonder how many animals have sisters that live Wayupnorth? He said his name and asked me what mine was. I told him that since I have never seen or talked to an Hippopotomus before I did not know if I was going to be able to say his name so he told me his friends called him PAWPAW. I told him my friends call me Pretty Boy.

He went on to tell me that he was from the Island of Animalopolis which when he told me where it was I now know that it is near to Squatamahahalala Land. But PAWPAW said he has never been to the Land of Squatmahahalala. He said that usually his sister and her family usually come to see him but this year they have a new baby Hippopotomus so he is going to visit them instead. It is his first trip up to the place called Wayupnorth. He said it will take him about four days to walk up there. His sister and her husband now have four Hippopotomus of their own since they just had that little one recently and it is very hard for a family that large to travel all that distance. When he gets there he hopes that he will get to stay maybe three months with them. Maybe, he said, he might find some work while he is there because that hurricane that came thru here also went through that part of the land with a lot of rain and wind. Why he says there was one man there that lost 10 acres of trees all just that one day. That is a lot of trees that PAWPAW might be able to help move for the man.

I had to ask him many questions since I didn't know if I would be seeing him again. I asked him if Hippopotomus could swim or if they had built a bridge so that is how he came to be able to get off the Island of Animalopolis and he said that yes Hippopotomus can swim but that they did have a bridge. But he said that bridge was damaged when the hurricane came on shore from out in the water so he swam over. It is not a long swim said PAWPAW and he pointed to my pond to show me about how much water he had to cross. It was only about three times as much as my pond is wide. And I asked him if he had any pictures of his sister and her family but he said no he had left all his pictures on the Island of Animalopolis

He went to take a nap. I hope to talk to him more after he has rested.