1 Feb
Today I found a hippo! My parents said I could keep him for 3 days to see how I cope with him. If I cope with him really well maybe we could keep him. I decided to name him Jerry. Tonight Jerry is going to sleep in our dog's old kennel. This is going to be great!
2 Feb
Good news or bad news first?
Okay, I'll start with the good news. Jerry is really really cute and I've taught him how to roll over and play dead.
Now for the bad news: He ate half of the garden, destroyed the couch, and because of all this, Mom's stomping around the kitchen in a mood. Oh bother.
3 Feb
We an keep Jerry! Yay! This was how it he convinced my parents to keep him...
At about three o'clock in the morning we heard a sound coming from the kitchen. It sounded like glass breaking. So my parents and I came running to the kitchen and found out the reason it sounded like glass breaking because it was glass breaking. Someone had smashed the window and broke into our house! Eek! We could see a trail of muddy footprints leading too...
"JERRY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Mom screeched at the top of her lungs. "Mum! Look!" I said. Jerry was lying across the floor but underneath him came a strange muffled sound. "Jerry! Roll over!" I commanded. He rolled over to reveal a squashed burglar. After that Mom and Dad decided to let me keep Jerry because he was such a great watch dog. Well, watch hippo maybe. Whatever, that doesn't matter! I have a pet hippo! Yipee!
