MY STRANGE NEW YEAR'S COMPANION!

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New Prompt:
Write a story or poem involving dizzy spells, a hippopotamus, the new year, and a recipe. Please bold key words for the next judge to find them easily.

MY STRANGE NEW YEAR'S COMPANION!

I was making resolutions;
thought I smelled something strange--
it was new years at my house; I
was looking for a change!

I looked inside my clean kitchen,
just looking for what smelled--
found a huge hippopotamus;
wearing a tiny bell!

"Now, hippos don't wear bells," I thought!
"I ought to call the ZOO!"
I saw that he was cooking, then--
did not know what to do!!

He'd found my stash of recipes;
he'd burned 'most ev'rything.
The stench gave me a dizzy spell--
my eyes began to sting!

He wanted me to take a bite--
I said "no thank you! GO!
And when last I had a glimpse
he was out in the cold!

That was a crazy new year's!
More than I could endure!!
The next time that I smell odd food,
I'll CALL THE ZOO, for sure!