"I shoot the Hippopotamus
with bullets made of platinum" (Belloc, 544)
I guess the thing about this phrase from the short poem by Belloc that go to me was the fact that the person is shooting a hippopotamus because it makes me wonder why he would shoot the hippo. I also find it interesting that he shoots it with platinum bullets because he thinks it will make it thru the armor.I think it is important because in the second part of this poem he talks about why shooting the hippo with the platinum bullets is important. I just thought this little poem was kind of adorable and sad at the same time.
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