The Hippo and the Trumpet
Bedtime Stories with Rajesh Rajoo | Season 1 | Episode 4
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A long time ago, in the deep woods, there lived a little hippo called Hazel.
She was the
cutest, happiest baby hippo ever.
She lived
with her brother Harry, her mother, Mamma Hippo and father, Big Daddy Hippo in
a lovely house by the stream.
One day,
when Big Daddy Hippo returned from work, he brought along a large box.
"Look
what I got you my baby," he shouted out happily from his pickup truck.
When Hazel
came out running, her daddy called out again.
"Close
your eyes," he said. Hazel closed her eyes… and waited.
She heard
her daddy get out from the truck and come towards her slowly.
"Open
your eyes," said Daddy Hippo coming near.
Hazel opened
her eyes. And what did she see?
A beautiful
box of musical instruments.
There was a
trumpet, a drum, a xylophone and two bells.
She grabbed
the box and ran up to her room shouting "Thank you daddeee..."
"You'll
have to share it with Harry too," shouted her father after her, but Hazel
didn't hear a word.
By then, she
was already in her room that she shared with Harry…
And she was
so excited that she forgot everything. She played the instruments all evening.
.
She even
forgot Harry, who came into the room every now and then to check on Hazel.
That’s a lot
of noise, thought Harry.
After
dinner, when they were all in bed, Hazel climbed out slowly and went over to
her toy cupboard,
She took out
the trumpet thinking she'd play it quietly in her bed.
But a
trumpet is a trumpet. When she played it, it was loud.
Harry woke
up with a start and so did her parents.
Mamma Hippo
came upstairs, put the trumpet away and tucked Hazel in bed.
"Back
to sleep sweetie...," she said "that trumpet must be very tired,
you've been playing it all evening..."
Harry Hippo
giggled at his sister and went back to sleep.
The next day
morning, as she got out of bed, Hazel ran up to the cupboard.
But when she
opened it, she couldn't find her trumpet.
Just then
she heard the sound of a trumpet outside her house.
She ran into
the yard and saw Harry playing the trumpet.
And the
monkey who lived nearby, playing the drum.
"Hey,
those are mine," cried Hazel, "give them back to me."
But Harry
and the monkey hurried into the woods with the instruments.
And Hazel
came back crying to Mamma Hippo.
"Sweetie,
didn't daddy tell you the instruments are also for Harry?" asked Mamma
Hippo.
"Noooooo,
they're mine," said Hazel, "not Harry's."
"Sweetie,
we need to share our toys," said Mamma Hippo.
"Noooooo,
they're mine mommy," said Hazel again.
"Listen
sweetie, you can't play all the instruments together," said Mamma Hippo.
"But
when you share your instruments, everyone can play it together... it’ll be so
much fun…" she said.
So, after
breakfast, when Big Daddy Hippo went to work and Harry Hippo was off to school,
Mamma Hippo played the instruments with Hazel.
Hazel loved
it that the instruments sounded beautiful when played together.
She loved
this new game. Everything was a game to her.
She played
the trumpet and her mommy played the xylophone.
And they had
a wonderful time.
That
evening, when everyone was home, Hazel gave Big Daddy Hippo the xylophone,
Harry Hippo the drum and Mamma Hippo, the two bells.
Then
everybody played it together.
What a
ruckus they made. But it was also so much fun.
Suddenly Big
Daddy Hippo started singing, looking at Hazel, "If you're happy and you
know it, play the trumpet..."
Everybody
stopped playing while Hazel played the trumpet.
Then Mamma
Hippo sang, looking at Harry, "If you're happy and you know it play the
drum..."
And Harry
Hippo played the drum.
On and on
they went happily till it was dinner time.
Hazel loved
every bit of it.
She learnt
that it was so much fun to share and do things together.
So much fun
when the trumpet, the drum, the xylophone and the bells were played together.
From that day on, whenever Hazel took out her box of musical instruments, and Harry was around, she always called him to join her.
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