8-hippopotamus

Hippopotamus Before animals known as giraffes walk the earth, there was a beautiful mortal woman named Whitney. Whitney was so gorgeous that some men even compared her beauty to that of a goddess. Whitney had beautiful blonde hair and stunning baby blue eyes. Every woman envied her perfect body and stunning looks. Hera especially envied her beauty. Zeus had been out one day when he first laid eyes on the young maiden. With one glance, he fell in love with her. That day he approached her with a flower and told her that he’d love her forever. Zeus and Whitney hadn’t known, but Hera had seen everything. Later that night Hera spotted Whitney on her way home. Hera was furious because she knew Whitney had just been with Zeus. Hera went up to Whitney and confronted her. Whitney claimed to not have been with Zeus, even though both knew she was lying. Hera told her that every time she lied to her, her body would increase in size. Whitney didn’t believe her and continued her walk home. The next day, a similar situation occurred. Hera was on her way to see Zeus when she spotted Whitney. Hera once again confronted her. Whitney continued to lie and said she hadn’t been with Hera’s husband. Hera doubted this but let her go anyways because she new Whitney soon wouldn’t be able to handle the pain of her body growing. For the next three days the same encounter would take place. Hera would confront Whitney, Whitney would lie and her body would grow. On the fourth day, Whitney’s pain was unbearable and she had become so obese that she finally decided to tell Hera the truth. Whitney looked all over town for Hera but could not find her. She broke down and wept because she couldn’t take it anymore. Hera then decided to approach her. Whitney was so relieved that she stood up and rejoiced. Whitney willingly told Hera how she had been seeing Zeus and was in love with him. She then begged Hera to make her body stop growing and to make her beautiful again. Hera had known all along about Whitney’s romance with her husband and decided her punishment. “You were wise to tell me the truth but for taking my husband, you will be punished,” Hera told Whitney. Hera transformed Whitney from being extremely skinny and tall to a fat and short for legged animal so that no man would ever be attracted to her ever again. Then Hera dyed her skin a grey blue color and instead of having long beautiful blonde hair she now had short hairs that were barely noticeable all over her body. Since Whitney repeatedly lied, she was no able along to speak except for an obnoxious noise to ward off enemies. She also gave Whitney a less appealing name. Whitney was now known as a ‘Hippopotamus’.