John, Jack and Mathew hurried after the hippo. It went into the river, and when the boys tried to follow it in a canoe, he rose out of the water under the canoe and nearly tipped it over, but in doing so, Jack, who was holding a noose, neatly lassoed him. Then the boys swam to land, slipped the end of the noose trough a cage bar, and tied it to a truck. Even so, the struggling 2.5 ton hippo was hard to pull into the cage, so John, who had got into the truck and was now driving, shot the hippo with a syringe gun, which is a gun loaded with darts which had a chemical inside of them, which can kill you if to much is used, but the right amount will make an animal sleepy and easy to handle. Once John shot it, the hippo stopped struggling and was easily brought into the cage and driven to camp. Suddenly, the boys thought about their father. They looked around and saw him lying face-down on the ground.
Kofi and Amadi are etheopians who live in the Bale mountains in ethiopia. About Kofi Kofi was a tall, strong man. He had a pet Gelada (sometimes called Gelada baboon: a kind of monkey with teeth as large as a leopard) called lion, after his large teeth and his small mane. He had a large spear. About Amadi Amadi was a medium-sized, athletic man. He had a pet Ethiopian wolf (also known as Abyssinian wolf or Ethiopian jackal. Similar in size to a coyote. Red and white) called Ember, after his redish color. He had a bow and arrows.
I can't imagine being in a canoe with a hippo nearby and underneath! Sounds like they did the best they could wrangling it. I can't wait to read what comes next.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine it either, grandma.
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