How would you explain a child of a hippo-loving mom, loving snakes? The good thing is that nobody can accuse me of brainwashing my child. Needless to say, I am not into snakes at all.... A few months ago, a reptile show was being held close to where we live. If it wasn't for my daughter, I would never even have considered going to visit an exhibition like that. We found ourselves in a huge sports hall filled with hundreds of vendors. We saw a lot of lizards, geckos, chameleons and frogs, but they were far outnumbered by snakes. I had never seen so many snakes in my life! Truth be told, some snakes looked very pretty. Not "let's-take-one-home" pretty, though. Of course I speak for myself. My daughter wanted to buy all of them. Besides frozen rats and mice, live crickets and cozy tanks, there were a few other animal related items for sale. Mainly jewelry. So while the rest of the family was admiring the endless rows of snake filled boxes, I looked around to see if they did sell something else other than sparkling lizard necklaces or snake shaped ear rings. And there... in the middle of it all... a glass hippo. Smiling and calling my name. Apparently, there must be an obvious connection between snakes and or reptiles.... and hippos?
Wow! You're lucky. Somehow the great hippo god Tarawek is making you meet hippos in unusual places. That hippo is a beauty!
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