"Well, I generally feed him that way when there are visitors here," was
the answer. "The children like to see the big red mouth open wide. And
here's something else he does."
After the hippo, which is a short name for hippopotamus, had swallowed
the pail full of bran mash, the keeper took up a loaf of bread from a
box which seemed to have enough loaves in it for a small bakery, and
cried: "Open again, old fellow!"
Wide open went the big mouth, and right into it the man tossed a whole
loaf of bread. And the hippo closed his jaws and began chewing the whole
loaf of bread as though it were Only a single bite.
"Oh my!" cried Freddie and Flossie, and Freddie added: "If he came to a
party you'd have to make an awful lot of sandwiches!"
"I should say so!" laughed the keeper. "One sandwich would hardly fill
his hollow tooth, if he had one."
The children spent some little time in the Bronx Park, and enjoyed every
moment. They liked to watch the funny monkeys, and see the buffaloes,
which stayed outdoors even though it was quite cold.
The Bobbsey twins spent four days in New York, and every day was a
delight to them.
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