A cumulative rhyme in which a fly is gobbled by a spider, which is then gulped by a frog, and so on until the king of beasts himself makes an appearance.
As animals tell one another about Hippo's strange behavior, each makes up something terrible to add to the story, until they are frightened that Hippo will destroy the Serengeti itself.
The reader is asked to help Sam find one armadillo, two jaguars, and other jungle animals, counting from one up to ten, and to point out which animals performing certain activities such as swimming, eating berries, and sticking their tongues out.
Twilight signals the end of the day for the people of Johannesburg, South Africa, while only two hundred miles away the setting sun lets the animals of Kruger National Park know it is time to wake up and begin their nightly activities in the cool of the dark.
Python comes up with a plan to invite all the jungle animals to a party and trick them, but when Elephant passes by at the wrong time, Python's trick is ruined.
