A Nosy Hippopotamus

by Neal Levin

Never tell a secret to a hippo who is nosy.Despite your good intentions, it will seldom turn out rosy.He’ll say that you can trust him, but it simply isn’t true.That nosy hippopotamus will spread it through the zoo. He gabs to all the gibbons.He mingles with the minks.He blabs to the baboons.He lingers with the lynx.He laughs with the hyenas.He kids with the kangaroos.He yaks to all the yaks and spreadsthe news to all the gnus about the cheetah who was cheatingand the lion who was lyingto the badgers who were badgering the spiders who were spyingon the ostrich who was ostracizedand—oh, for goodness’ sake,those monkeys who were monkeyingwith that sneaky, snarky snake! So never tell a secret to a nosy hippopotamus.The truth is that his mouth is even biggerthan his bottom…

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