A big, sunny jungle clearing glowed softly with morning light.

Pip: “Zoom! Catch me!”

Pip chased bright, colorful butterflies happily.

Mama Ellie: “My playful Pip!”

Pip: “HIC! Oh no!”

Mama Ellie: “What's wrong, dear?”

Pip: “HIC! I can't stop!”

A tiny hiccup shook his whole body again and again.

Mama Ellie: “Try water, sweetie.”

Pip took a big, HIC! gulp from a leaf.

Pip: “Still HIC! Hiccupping!”

Mama Ellie: “Oh dear, oh dear!”

They walked to the sparkling, calm riverbank.

Mama Ellie: “Hold your breath, dear.”

Pip tried, turning his face a little pink.

Pip: “HIC! It didn't help!”

Professor Polly watched wisely from a high, leafy branch.

Mama Ellie: “Professor, Pip needs help!”

Professor Polly: “Squawk! Try a tickle!”

Mama Ellie gently tickled Pip's sensitive trunk.

Pip: “Hee hee! That tickles! HIC!”

Professor Polly: “Squawk! Big surprise!”

Mama Ellie made a soft, funny, make-believe roar.

Pip: “Hee hee! Silly Mama!”

Pip laughed and laughed, a joyful sound.

Pip: “Hee hee! No more HIC!”

The final, tiny hiccup vanished into the air.

Mama Ellie: “Hooray for Pip!”

Pip: “Hiccups are all gone!”

Back in their soft, leafy nest, twilight settled gently.

Pip snuggled close, dreaming sweet, hiccup-free dreams.