Lucy woke up. Her sister
Thabi wasn’t in her bed.
“Where’s Thabi?” Lucy asked Ma.
“Thabi’s in the kitchen eating breakfast.”
“That’s not Thabi!”
“That’s a hippopotamus!”
Lucy looked all over the house.
“Where’s Thabi?”
Lucy asked Pa.
“Thabi’s swimming
in the pool.”
“That’s not Thabi!”
“That’s a hippopotamus!”
Lucy kept looking
around the garden.
“Where’s Thabi?”
Lucy asked the
neighbour.
“Thabi’s playing
in the park.”
“That’s not Thabi!
That’s a hippopotamus!”
Then Lucy heard a
funny noise. She gave
the hippopotamus a
big tickle.
“There’s Thabi!”
“Thanks,” said Thabi. “It’s very
boring inside a hippopotamus.”
Wayne Fick- Direct Axis
