One day, Rabbit was
walking by the riverside.
Hippo was there too,
going for a stroll and
eating some nice green
grass.
Hippo didn't see that
Rabbit was there and she
accidentally stepped on
Rabbit's foot. Rabbit
started screaming at
Hippo, "You Hippo! Can't
you see that you're
stepping on my foot?"
Hippo apologised to
Rabbit, "I'm so sorry. I
didn't see you. Please
forgive me!" But Rabbit
wouldn't listen and he
shouted at Hippo, "You did
that on purpose! Someday,
you'll see! You're going to
pay!"
Rabbit went to find Fire
and said, "Go, burn Hippo
when she comes out of the
water to eat grass. She
stepped on me!" Fire
answered, "No problem,
Rabbit, my friend. I'll do
just what you ask."
Later, Hippo was eating
grass far from the river
when, "Whoosh!" Fire
burst into flame. The
flames began to burn
Hippo's hair.
Hippo started to cry and
ran for the water. All her
hair was burned off by the
fire. Hippo kept crying, "My
hair has burned in the fire!
My hair is all gone! My
beautiful hair!"
Rabbit was happy that
Hippo's hair was burned.
And to this day, for fear of
fire, the hippo never goes
far from the water.
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