As the hippo event was very much a community project for the whole town, a special painting day was organised and lots of young people were invited to come along to help create Horatio's coat.
Horatio was transported to the North Walsham community centre - he wan't made to walk - and dozens of individuals set about painting house shapes which would be cut out and attached to him ... like so
We are particularly proud of the upside down one of a red rabbit and yellow daffodil (it was just after Easter at the time) and the white background abstract to the bottom left of the rabbit, as these were painted by one of our minders.
The variety of colours and designs was truly amazing and, as the designs were attached, Horatio started to look really good. By the time the outline of an Admiral's coat and white naval stockings had been added, we really felt that all the other hippos would be hard pressed to compete in splendour. We could tell that Horatio knew he looked good, as he really started to come out of his shell and got very talkative as his confidence increased.
Nearly all that remained to be done was to give his coat a good varnish. As you can see, we helped with this process, and it really did add the wow factor. Anyone with good eye sight might note that we used nothing but the best yacht varnish for Horatio.
More news of Horatio and his fellow hippos soon.
Lots of love
Chelmer, Curly and all at B.U. xxx
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