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Hippos
“
Mommy, Daddy, what are they doing?” a little girl asked, watching the bonobos play. Her forehead and palms were pressed against the glass, as if she thought she could break on through to the other side and join them if only she pushed hard enough.
“Looks like they need private time!” her father barked back, steering the girl away from the window as her mother brightly proposed, “Let’s go see the hippos!”
Not everybody is quite ready for the Bonobo Way, and far be it from me to push it on anyo
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― The Bonobo Way
― The Bonobo Way
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Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.
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― Code Name Verity
― Code Name Verity
