. The babyhood of wild beasts . Jim says it feels like going down cellarwhen he puts his head in Caliphs huge,cavernous mouth. Ilioiii.^ i> 1 M. SrlKKUl Caliph loves tu liuKl KtcpLi Jim in liis great, gigantic jaws and swing him back and forth to the tune of Rock-a-bye, Baby. A BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS 41 tank most of the time, mainly to escape theircritical eyes. One day when he was eating his hay a dearlittle kitten walked into his cage and sniffed hisnose. He sniffed back and found her oiostfriendly. They became great chums and everyday at dinnertime she called on him and theyhad a little visit
. The babyhood of wild beasts . Jim says it feels like going down cellarwhen he puts his head in Caliphs huge,cavernous mouth. Ilioiii.^ i> 1 M. SrlKKUl Caliph loves tu liuKl KtcpLi Jim in liis great, gigantic jaws and swing him back and forth to the tune of Rock-a-bye, Baby. A BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS 41 tank most of the time, mainly to escape theircritical eyes. One day when he was eating his hay a dearlittle kitten walked into his cage and sniffed hisnose. He sniffed back and found her oiostfriendly. They became great chums and everyday at dinnertime she called on him and theyhad a little visit together. She would curl upon his hay and doze, moving back a few inchesat a time as he ate in close proximity to her littlefurry body. When she grew up and had littlekittens of her own she took them to visit herhippo friend, who loved them as dearly as heloved their little mother. When Caliph was eight years old he weighedeight thousand pounds and was a gigantic animalof terrific strength and power; but he never tookadvantage
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