Hippo Diary

Tuesday 16 August 2016

So my parents said that I can keep the hippo but only if I clean up the droppings and give it food and clean it's home ( our old shed). Things aren't  going so well in my house and with my parents, the hippo is coming in and lying on my parents bed and is eating the food and is doing business in the house. My dad really wants this hippo to go,but my mom is still giving it a chance.

I am really worried if dad is going to get rid of the hippo because Shelly 'the hippo' is really kind and is my only true friend. I said to my dad" Dad please don't send it away because he is my only true friend" but my dad always says "NO" and I tried that many times. I told my mom and she so agrees so she said " I will try to convince  dad  that we can keep it for a little longer" so then I was really happy then. Shelly is quite big and is stinky and does kind of eat the food and did break my parents bed,but what can possibly go wrong with trying to make my dad say yes that we can keep it a little bit longer. My dad is a really kind sweetheart loving human so of corse he will say yes,right?

Wednesday17 August 2016

Remember I said my dad will say yes well turns out not he said" No ways. We are not going to keep it any longer because she  ruined my meeting and she broke my bed so definitely not". I was really upset I was crying and crying but then my mom came and said" Don't worry sweetheart I will try really hard  to convince dad to keep Shelly a bit longer but it will take a bit of time" but what my mom said wasn't helping at all because my dad said that he is sending Shelly of in 3 days, but my mom never knew. While we were eating supper Shelly came and started eating my dads food, he was not happy. You could see my dad was about to shout and was wanting to get rid of the hippo badly but before my dad said anything my mom told him to calm down. After supper I went outside and played with Shelly, she is so kind and playful and cuddly that while I was playing with her I was really sad deep down inside. If only my dad saw that she is not such a bad,gross, fat,heavy hippo. After a hour with playing with Shelly it was time for me to go to sleep.

Thursday 18 August 2016

Today after I came back from school I saw Shelly cruising in the pool she looked like she was having fun so I asked my mom can I swim with her just for a bit because dad was coming home late. After a hour in the pool I decided to get out and do some homework then when dad came home he checked to see if the hippo was in the house then he went to see if he was outside and guess what he was lying on the grass. My dad was for once smiling I don't know if he had a good day at work or he was just smiling because of Shelly. I asked dad," dad are you ok" and he said ," yes I am thank you. I am just so happy with what Shelly is doing, she never broke anything and she did not do any business in the house. I am really impressed"My mom and I were really shocked but then it got to me what if dad was maybe thinking of keeping the hippo for a little longer so I decided to ask him," dad are you  thinking of keeping the hippo a bit longer because if you are that is really great, please dad please" I asked him and then he said, " sure thing my pumpkin" and I was never happier in my entire life.

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