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Howie Turns 15 - LP Zoo

A "Howdy" from a Howie guy,
Who now has just turned fifteen.
A handsome specimen I be,
All around my neighborhood scene.
Take the African Journey and
'Bout half way through you will find me,
Wet in water or dry on land.
Either way, I'm not hard to see.
And in that moment we'll connect,
A sharing 'twixt and 'tween just us.
What better gift could I expect -
This pygmy hippopotamus!

How do a birthday Howie do?
Happy - at the Lincoln Park Zoo.