1. Long ago in the land of Egypt…

2. There was a bloat of seven hippos who sang when they were building the pyramids.

3. Except for their camels, there was no one nearby.

4. Far away in the city of Memphis, there lived a beautiful princess named Kifi. She was kind to everyone. Evil Queen Odji also lived in Memphis. She had a magical talking scarab beetle who always praised her.

6. One day, the scarab beetle told Queen Odji that she was wicked and that Kifi was the nicest and most beautiful in Memphis. The queen became jealous of Kifi.

7. So Queen Odji ordered the god, Sekhmet, to cast a special spell on Kifi.

8. Sekhmet failed to do the job because she escaped into the desert before he finished the spell.

9. Kifi crossed the hot desert and ended up at Saqqara where she saw a great pyramid.

10. She searched the pyramid to find help. She only saw seven shadows.

11. She discovered the shadows were seven hippos. They invited her to stay.

12. The scarab beetle told Queen Odji that Kifi was staying with the pyramid hippos. The queen decided to do the job herself.

13. Queen Odji set off to the pyramid. She had with her a basket of poisonous figs.

14. She dropped the figs in front of the pyramid and disappeared. Soon, Kifi found the figs.

15. After eating a fig, she fell into a deep sleep.

16. The hippos were disappointed and called for Isis, the god of magic for help.

17. Isis appeared and removed the spell from Kifi.

18. Isis then cast a spell on Queen Odji that made her disappear forever.

19. Kifi lived happily ever after with the hippos.