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The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts (Classic Reprint)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts - Classic Reprint Author:Hugh Lofting The Story of Doctor Dolittle Even the crows that lived in the church-tower ,vould caw and nod their heads. The house he lived in, on the edge of the town, was quite small; but his garden was very large and had a wide lawn and stone seats and weeping-willows hanging over. His sister, Sarah Dolittle, was housekeeper for him; but the Doctor looked ... more »after the garden himself. He was very fond of animals and kept many kinds of pets. Besjdes the gold-fish in the pond at the bottom of his garden, he had rabbits in the pantry, white mice in his piano, a squirrel in the linen closet and a hedgehog in the cellar. He had a cow with a calf too, and an old lame horse-twenty-five years of age-and chickens, and pigeons, and hvo lambs, and many other animals. But his favorite pets were Dab-Dab the duck, Jip the dog, Gub-Gub the baby pig, Polynesia the parrot, and the ovl Too-Too. His sister used to grumble about all these ani~. mals and said they ma
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION,; CHAPTER; I PUDDLI:BY ?; II ANIMAL LANGUAGE ?; III l10RE l/IONEY TROUBLES; IV A WIESSAGE FRO~l AFRICA; V THE GREAT JOURNEY; VI POLYNESIA AND THE KING; VII THE BRIDGE OF APES; VIII THE LEADER OF TH E LIONS; IX THE NIOXKEYS' COUNCIL ?; X THE RAREST ANIMAL OF ALL ?; XI THE BLACK PRIXCE ?; XII l1EDICINE A~D l1AGIC; XIII RED SAILS AND BLUE 'VINGS; Xl V THE RATS' WARNING; XV THE BARBARY DRAGON ?; XVI Too·Too) THE LISTE~ER; XVII THE OCEAN GOSSIPS ?; XVIII SM ELLS ?; XIX THE ROCK; XX THE FISHER~IANJS TOWN; XXI HOME AGAIN
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