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Twelve Dancing Princesses

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This story deals with a bunch of sisters slipping away for a good time in the middle of the night while everybody else is asleep. For Us, it is puzzling, since in the Wild, you can’t slip away anywhere; Privacy doesn’t exist. Still, it is perfectly possible for Us to imagine twinkly frocks and illicit frolics. Oh yes, indeed.

As you probably expect, Twelve is a non-concept for Us Rhinos. It’s more than Three, We know that. It is also less than a Zillion. It is a modest Muchness. Or an enhanced Three.

In an old house in Paris…

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Mr. Ludwig Bemelmans’ heroine, Madeline, has numerous adventures. He wrote and illustrated them himself. Children’s classics ever since 1939.

Madeline is popular with young Rhinos because she is full of applesauce and ginger. Among young Rhinos, she has many fans.

We have changed a line from Mr. Bemelmans, which in our version now reads:  To the Rhino in the zoo, Madeline said, “How do you do?”. You see, being spunky does not preclude civility. Rhinos like respectful exchanges.

Gadabout

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Baba Yaga is a Russian folk character of long standing, a traveling hag, riding in her mortar. She lives in an unusual hut with goose legs. RhinoTots tend to fear her, with good reason.

However, Baba Yaga is also a Wise Woman, and can tell futures. Obviously a gal with Aspects to her.

If you should run into her, We warned you.

Tales of Wonder

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‘Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp‘ is one adventure in the “1,001 Tales of the Arabian Nights”. (That means a lot, if you don’t count, which Rhinos don’t.) Aladdin ranges the known Islamic World, Africa to China. Cosmopolitan. Very Rhino.

Aladdin gets trapped in a magic cave, but he happens to have a magic ring, served by a Genie. Rhinos are always on the lookout for such jewelry, for tight spots, which We attract.

“By Genie” is a fine Exit Strategy. Or so it seems.

Chit-Chat

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All RhinoTots are schooled in the Perils of Personal Remarks, but Students are not equally attentive. Perhaps Red Riding Hood missed class that day.

In fact, the original Rhino Tale had no wolf, just a crabby Grandmother. The results for Ms. Riding Hood were roughly the same.

Moral: When making conversation, stick to the weather.