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the island where Hippo lived. Sure

enough, Hippo was lying at the edge
of the water, sunning himself.

‘Good afternoon, Hippo,’ said Hare

from a safe distance. ‘Which of us
would you say is stronger?’

Hippo opened his huge red mouth

and yawned, showing his strong
white teeth. ‘What a question to ask!’
he said. ‘Of course I am stronger than

you! I could eat you in one mouthful. How do you think
Shall I try?’ the hare must have felt

‘Oh no!’ cried Hare. ‘But you could prove it by having a when he was ordered
Just a Minute!
tug of war with me.’ around by the elephant
and the hippo?
value empathy
Hippo said it would be a waste of his energy since it was

obvious that he could pull Hare into the water in no time at all. Finally, Hare
persuaded him to tie the end of the rope around his body, and the Hippo

promised not to begin pulling until Hare gave three sharp tugs to the middle of
the rope.

Hare quickly reached the centre of the island and gave three sharp tugs to the rope.

How Elephant tugged and bellowed while Hippo obvious: clear; plain to see

groaned and heaved! But as they were so equally persuaded: made someone believe
something by giving them a good
matched, neither could move the other far. First of all, reason to do it

Hippo found himself being dragged out of the water heaved: breathed in and breathed
out in a slow or loud way

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