

The True Story of the Baby Hippo and the Tortoise
Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound effects: flowing river, Kenyan birdsong, crickets 🌊🦜🌴 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story is a special one all about the true friendship that developed between a lost baby hippopotamus and an elderly giant tortoise. 😴 Includes mentions of: Animals,…
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