CHAPTERPAGE
I[Chunky has a Laugh]7
II[Chunky is Surprised]17
III[Chunky is Bitten]26
IV[Chunky in the Mud]36
V[Chunky is Caught]45
VI[Chunky Takes a Trip]55
VII[Chunky’s New Friends]66
VIII[Chunky on a Ship]75
IX[Chunky Falls Overboard]84
X[Chunky in the Circus]91
XI[Chunky’s New Trick]102
XII[Chunky and the Little Girl]112

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[“There was Alice on Chunky’s broad back!”]Frontispiece
[“He went in backward and made a great splash”]15
[“It was the crocodile that had bitten Chunky”]35
[“Out came Chunky as nicely as you please”]51
[“The little hippo boy was being taken away”]65
[“Splash! That was Chunky himself falling overboard”]87
[“‘Now he is smiling at you!’”]109

CHUNKY,
THE HAPPY HIPPO

CHAPTER I
CHUNKY HAS A LAUGH

Once upon a time, some years ago, but not so long that you could not easily remember if you tried, there lived in a muddy river of a far-off country called Africa, a great, big, animal-baby named “Chunky.” He was not a fish, though he could stay under water, not breathing at all, for maybe ten minutes, and that is why he swam in the muddy river so much. He did not mind the mud in the river. He rather liked it, for when he sank away down under the dark, brown water no one could see him.

And Chunky did not want any of the lions or tigers, or perhaps the black African hunters to see him, for they might have hurt him.