Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 197
s beasts, and aspire to start a menagerie, youcan just as easily construct a fat and clumsy hip-popotamus, an alligator with long and trailingtail, as well as various other animals that may bein demand. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS Make the huge body of the hippopotamus (Fig.11) of two of your largest corks… … THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. the hippopotamus has small ears, but they willanswer for his rather prominent eyes and theygive character which, without them, the headwould lack. The corks for the eyes might beshorter than here shown. Use a small, slendercork for the tail. THE ALLIGATOR For the body of the…
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