Bob The fat Hippo

This is Gulliver's favourite Max Ellis Illustration from his story!

full story and pics here.

Bob the fat hippo

Once upon a time there was a very fat, friendly hippo called Bob.
Bob lived in a nice cool muddy river by a mangrove swamp in deepest darkest Africa. He liked to laze around all day relaxing in the shade, but Bob was not happy.
All of the other animals teased him and called him a lazy fatso. Cheetah was always running around after gazelle who was elegantly prancing away, Giraffe was constantly nibbling the tastiest leaves from the tops of the trees and monkey liked to swing from branch to branch cackling with his friends but Bob just liked to wallow in the mud.
One day Bob left the swamp and took a jungle path to McDonald's for his weekly treat when suddenly he heard a BANG. Bob rushed back to his home only to realise that the dreaded hunter Freddie was there. Luckily Freddie had missed his first shot but he was reloading and was after Cheetah! Out of nowhere Bob appeared and, with his enormous belly squashed the hunter. Oh how all of the animals cheered, Bob was a hero! The animals learned that it's not a bad thing to be different because your differences could come in handy one day.

They all celebrated with a Happy Meal!

The end


Gulli had a great day at his Secondary School today!

More info on Mum's page.