Thirteen: Elena's Wassailia wish
Author's note: With her love for animals, it's no doubt that Elena would ask for something like this at some point. Gayla Peevey isn't mine.
Elena: I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use a dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy, what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinosauruses
I only likes hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me, too
Mommy says a hippo would eat me up but then
Auntie Sabrina says a hippo is a vegetarian
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy, what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinosauruseses
I only likes hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me, too
"How about a stuffed hippo instead?" Bobby Lee asked after she had finished her song. "I don't think Mommy would like you hiding a animal like that in the stables."
Elena pouted softly before glancing at her sister who nodded in agreement with their father.
Maybe a hippopotamus would be too big to take care of or feed before she thought of the stuffed hippo.
"Okay Daddy. I want Mommy no mad about my hippo," Elena agreed, hearing him sigh in relief.