Among the girl's friends, the Hippo was the biggest (literally). Obviously, understanding the expression literally, he called himself her greatest friend. The girl herself almost believed it, and she generously fed the Hippopotamus with large pears. But while Hippo hurt other friends: the Chicken, the Puppy and the Flower. When the girl was seized and dragged into the river by an evil crocodile, everyone took part in her salvation. Only the Hippopotamus, frightened, fled and hid behind the hillock.