Behold my pretties, the third installment! (hold for applause). I actually own a Bert The Hippo stuffed animal... it's pretty funny. These are all a little short, so tell me if you want me to perhaprs make the future ones longer. BTW this probably takes place in present day due to the mention of the bomb attack.
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS nor Abigail Scuito, nor Bert The Hippo. I do however own a replica of Bert The Hippo... but that's another thing entirely.
Abbey Scuito's Collection Of Pointless One-Shots: The luckiest hippo alive
Hippopotami (or hippos) are large semi- aquatic mammals. They are definitely not found in a lot of places. Abbey can think of two, beside zoos: Africa, and the NCIS forensic lab in Washington DC. It is accurate to say - while sounding like a popular children's cartoon- that Bert the Hippo doesn't do much. True, he can do more than most stuffed animals, but that's not saying a lot. What makes him so interesting? Is it that he looks so nice in a spiked collar? Is it the fact that (and not many people know this) that he is also a hand puppet? Maybe, it's the unique trait of being able to produce a flatulent sound when squeezed. Whatever the reason is, he is one of Abbey's most prized possessions. Many a times he has been used as a pillow; mostly by a weary and well-meaning DiNozzo. Many a times he has been squeezed as a way of providing humor, or comfort. Once, his unique trait was wrongly mistaken of not coming out of him, but his owner (it's not his fault McGee was shot down when trying to correct the accusers.) And even though it turned out that he was in no actual danger at all, he was even first thought of in a bomb attack. While most hippos are seen as great predators (being the third largest mammal), and get to graze and sleep in mud all day; he gets to work with a Goth scientist to find guilty people, and clear the names of the wrongly accused. Bert the hippo considers himself the luckiest hippo alive.
Again, very special (channeling my inner DiNozzo here) thanks to PancakesAndSunshine for the marvelous words (though I'm not quite sure what encompassing means) and encouragement, and I hope you keep reading:)
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