The Laughing Hippopotamus

Lyman Frank Baum’s The Laughing Hippopotamus is set in Congo where a family of hippos live in war with the people who always try to catch them. A young hippopotamus who laughs all the time, one day end up trapped in a pit. It asks to be released, and it promises to return after a year when it is older and more useful. It also laughs at the misfortunes but its parents are concerned about its impending slavery, so they ask a creature that is part beast, part man, part fowl and part fish for its help. The creature makes the hippopotamus indestructible and very fast...

Keywords: The Laughing Hippopotamus, Lyman F. Baum, Faligi