Hoppy and Hippy
For Xavi Njaro,
a bedtime story.
Hoppy was always happy. It didn’t matter what time you saw her, she was always happy. If you saw her in the morning Hoppy was happy. If you saw her in the afternoon Hoppy was happy. Even if you saw her in the middle of the afternoon and the evening Hoppy was … yep! you guessed it! happy. In the middle of the night hoppy was happy. Hoppy slept with a smile on her face. When she woke up Hoppy was happy.
Hoppy had a best friend whose name was Hippy. Hippy was different from Hoppy.
Hippy was always unhappy. All day Hippy was unhappy. If you saw him In the morning Hippy was unhappy. If you saw him in the afternoon Hippy was unhappy. Even if you saw him in the middle of the afternoon and the evening Hippy was , you guessed it, unhappy.in the middle of the night Hippy was unhappy. He slept with a frown on his face. When he woke up in the morning Hippy was unhappy.
One day Hippy visited Hoppy at her house. He saw how happy Hoppy was.
Hippy was curious. How did Hoppy manage to always be Happy. Hoppy was happy to tell Hippy her secret happy trick .
Hoppy told Hippy anytime she felt she was unhappy she thought of a memory of when she was happy, maybe something that happened during the day, or something funny her bibi always says or an adventure she had with her friend someday. Or the cuddles with her mama, or the hot chocolate she had last night, even better playing with her friend Hippy. The memory would make Hoppy happy and voila a smile would arrange itself quite naturally on Hoppy ‘s face, or laughter will fall fall out of her mouth. Or both. Mostly both.
Hippy was shocked. He didn’t realize it would be that simple. He decided to try it.
Hippy thought of something good that happened during his day. Hippy thought of his happy friend Hoppy, the smile on her face, the sound of her laughter and suddenly, unexpectedly, a smile perched itself on Hippy’s face. Hippy was happy. Wow. Hoppy’s secret happy trick worked.
Hippy left Hoppy’s house as happy as Hoppy. He skipped away all the way home.
And that night, Hippy slept with a smile on his face. Hippy woke up Happy.
Since then, Hoppy and Hippy were always happy. It didn’t matter what time you saw them, they were always happy. If you saw them in the morning Hoppy and Hippy were happy. If you saw them in the afternoon Hoppy and Hippy were happy. Even if you saw them in the middle of the afternoon and the evening Hoppy and Hippy were ,you guessed it …happy. In the middle of the night Hoppy and Hippy were happy. Hoppy and Hippy slept with a smile on their faces. When they woke up Hoppy and Hippy were happy.
So imagine, if you were Hippy or Hoppy and you have to think of something that happened during your day that made you feel happy, what would it be?
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See now you are happy, just like Hippy and Hoppy.
