Long ago there was a great rift in the world. When the earth cooled and stuff and junks started appearing, two of the new born mountains had an argument as to who was more majestic, and after a heated exchage, they seperated themselves and pulled apart. The only problem was now there was a huge rift between them. All of the newly formed things came to see the rift. The plants did nothing, because they were just plants, Men did nothing but argue about solutions, so the problem was left to the animals. The animals had a great council to decide who could help. A few of the more brash animals such as Unicorn and Yeti both grew impatient and threw themselves into the pit hoping ot plug the gap. but they were too small and fell to the bottom never to be seen again. After seeing these animals wiped from the face of the new earth, many animals left the council with little hope. Only 3 remained. Serpent, Penguin, and Hippo. Serpent wanted to wait by the rift and watch men fight over the solutions, so Penguin and Hippo moved off to think alone. Penguin began to despair and Hippo suggested they go eat to help them think. Hippo sat next the plants that were doing so little, and began to eat them. He ate and he ate, and he ate some more. Penguin noticed that Hippo kept growing larger the more he ate, and formulated a plan. More and more plants were brought to Hippo, whole trees, Gaint bushes, beautiful flowers, all were eaten by Hippo. As Penguin brought the last leaf the hippo, he started to roll Hippo over. Hippo squirmed and finally wedged himself into the rift. Hippo's enormous girth could bridge the gap, That is why the hippo is the enlightened problem solver, The Grand Hippo teaches that no gap is too far to bridge, and therefore no problem unsolveable.
This story is from the book of "Lessons" as told by the Grand Visor