https://www.pitara.com/tags/hippos/Recent content in Hippos on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/the-whopping-hippo/Fri, 11 May 2001 14:19:56 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/the-whopping-hippo/<p>The hippo loves the waterside<br> Where it can bathe and swim and glide<br> And all the little fishes there<br> Swim away and cry – &lsquo;beware&rsquo;!</p> <p>The hippo loves to laze all day<br> And snooze the winter noon away<br> He&rsquo;s never cold, for don&rsquo;t you see<br> He needs no quilt like you and me?</p> <figure class="w-64"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/poems-57_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/poems-57_1_hu_d2c023eea2cd1d80.gif" width="320" height="243" alt="The Whopping Hippo [Illustration by Anup Singh]" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption> The Whopping Hippo [Illustration by Anup Singh] </figcaption> </figure> <p>(C) Swapna Dutta</p>