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HIPPOPOTAMUS by WILLIAM JAY SMITH

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First Line: THE HIPPOPOTAMUS -- HIPPO FOR SHORT
Last Line: THEN SINKS BACK UNDER, AND DISAPPEARS
Subject(s): ANIMALS;
Full Poem Text Available at
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