"I shoot the Hippopotamus With bullets made of platinum, Because if I use leaden ones His hide is sure to flatten 'em."

"Did you ever see the Rhinoceros, and the Hippopotamus, at the Zoological Gardens, trying to dance a minuet together? …"

"He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk Descending from the bus: He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus: 'If thi…"

"A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake."

"Away on the hilltop sat combing her hair His fair Hippopotamine maid. The Hippopotamus was no ignoramus And sang her …"

"There is something about a blurb-writer paying his respects to a funny book which puts one in mind of a short-sighted…"

"The muckle hippopotamus spelders in glaur apo’ his kite. A solid fact he seems tae some. They arena right. The hippo’…"

"Behold the hippopotamus! We laugh at how he looks to us, And yet in moments dank and grim, I wonder how we look to him."

"What’s a raccoon?"

"I’ll be seeing you soon, ringtail."