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the greedy hippo
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The greedy hippo is eating everything, and the other animals are angry. How can they stop the hippo eating all their food? Read and listen to the story of the greedy hippo. There is a puzzle for you to do while the story is loading.

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The animals make a horrible pie for Hippo - it's got fish and soap!
Imagine that you are one of the animals in this story and you have to make something horrible. Can you invent a horrible recipe?

Draw the ingredients (the things) that you will put in your recipe
Write the names of the ingredients in English
How long do you have to cook the ingredients for?
What's the name of your recipe?

Now send us your horrible recipes!

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