“The Laughing Hippopotamus” is a playful story with a great life moral. It is about a Prince hippopotamus who finds himself in a tough situation when he falls into a trap placed by a hunter. They make a deal for him to come back in a year, but when the tables are turned the hunter doesn’t fulfill his promise like the hippo did. When the hippo is in the hunters trap he finds himself helpless and when he does get released he is then on a time crunch. He has 365 days to live his life before he has to return to the hunter. Because of this the year turns out to be full of planning between the whole hippopotamus heard. They plan to get there prince back with no debt to the hunter. Read the story to find out what happens