The sea horse Hippo-Cam-Pus
By Asbjorn Lonvig, artist
 

 
Hippo-Cam-Pus is a sea horse.
A sea horse is a fish even if he
does not look like a fish at all.
 
 
 Hippo-Cam-Pus does not swim like all other fish.
He does not swim horizontally.
He swims standing right up.
Using the fin on his back.
It looks kind of funny.
 
With his tale he can grip things.
 
 
Hippo-Cam-Pus' wife is called Hippo-Cam-Pusia.
You know her on her yellow butterfly and her blue skirt.
The most amazing about sea horses is,
except from their way of swimming and their looks,
that it is not Hippo-Cam-Pusia
that carries the babies.
Hippo-Cam-Pusia places her eggs in a sack
in Hippo-Cam-Pus' stomach.
 
 Jumping-Star-Fish is sure a star.
In jumping.
He is the North Pacific Ocean Champion in
star fish long jump.
 
 
 The Bubbling-Hat-Fish
is a distinguished fish.
He takes care of things on the bottom of the sea.
He is kind of public officer.
He is talking nearly all the time.
He can't avoid bubbling when he talks.
 
 
Here you see The Tug Theophile
pulling a huge red tanker from Texaco.
 The Tug Theophile pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
And pulls.
 
 
Theophile suddenly looks sad.
Very, very sad.
He is so tired.
Tired.
Tired.
Tired.
 
 
Hippo-Cam-Pus and his 5 brothers see
that Theophile is in trouble.
The Tug Theophile smiles again
as his friends help pulling the
huge red tanker from Texaco.
 
And underneath at
the button of the sea.
 
 
Hippo-Com-Pusia and her sisters,
Bubbling-Hat-Fish,
Octo-Pus,
Crab-Mac-Claw and
Star-Fish
are amused
just hearing Bubbling-Hat-Fish announce,
that Hippo-Cam-Pus and his 5 brothers helped The Tug Theophile
pulling the huge red tanker from Texaco.