Hi My name is Harry, Harry the hippo and I’ve got a really big problem. You see my wife Harriet hippo really loves to sing but she doesn’t sing very well. She sings very loudly because she is a hippo and hippos can open their jaws to around 180 degrees which is why we sing so loudly. I’ve got a few ideas on how to stop her. Plan A: We ask her if she has ever tried whispering, if that doesn’t work we will try Plan B: We ask her if she would like a job, a quiet one of course, so that if she sings too much and too loudly she will get into trouble. If that doesn’t work we can trick her. Plan C: I will pretend I have a headache and say that I think it was because of a bit too much noise around the house. After that if nothing works I will just have to put up with it.
OK I’m ready. Let’s start with Plan A: Lets go. “Hey darling” I said, “Have you ever tried whispering?”
“NO I haven’t,” she replied, “And I don’t want to!” And then then I said to myself, well that didn’t work, lets try Plan B:
So then I sai,d “Harriet would you like a job?” and she said “Oh Yes Yes Yes!!! I’ve always wanted a job”.Then I said to myself, yes it’s working but was it? The next day when Harriet went to work Harry was really hoping that when Harriet came home she had stopped singing. When Harriet got home she had not stopped singing, she was yelling at the top of her voice, and this is what she said “I NEVER WANT A JOB AGAIN THAT IS THE WORST JOB IN THE WORLD!
The next day was Plan C: and how I was hoping it was going to work. When I awoke the next morning I felt terrible and fell asleep straight away. When Harriet found me I awoke and she said, “Are you OK?” and I said “ No I feel terrible, I think there has been to much noise around the house.” Then Harriet burst into tears and I said “It’s OK I will get better soon. “Harriet walked out of the room a bit more cheerful and then I said to myself YES I DID IT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED!!!