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Title: The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947
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Publisher: New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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first. So the monkeys traveled back with thepushmi-pullyu. And when they came to wherethe Doctors little house of grass was, theyknocked on the door. 84 The Story of Doctor Dolittle The duck, who was packing the trunk, said,Come in! And Chee-Chee very proudly took the ani-mal inside and showed him to the Doctor. What in the world is it? asked John Do-little, gazing at the strange creature. Lord save us! cried the duck. How doesit make up its mind? It doesnt look to me as though it had any,said Jip, the dog. This, Doctor, said Chee-Chee, is thepushmi-pullyu--the rarest animal of the Afri-can jungles, the only two-headed beast in theworld! Take him home with you and yourfortunes made. People will pay any money tosee him. But I dont want any money, said the Doc-tor. Yes, you do, said Dab-Dab, the duck.Dont you remember how we had to pinchand scrape to pay the butchers bill in Pud-dleby? And how are you going to get thesailor the new boat you spoke of—unless we havethe money to buy it?
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mliUjx 86 The Story of Doctor Dolittle I was going to make him one, said the Doc-tor. Oh, do be sensible! cried Dab-Dab.Where would you get all the wood and thenails to make one with?--And besides, what arewe going to live on? We shall be poorer thanever when we get back. Chee-Chees perfectlyright: take the funny-looking thing along, do! Well, perhaps there is something in whatyou say, murmured the Doctor. It certainlywould make a nice new kind of pet. But doesthe er—what-do-you-call-it really want to goabroad? Yes, Ill go, said the pushmi-pullyu whosaw at once, from the Doctors face, that he wasa man to be trusted. You have been so kindto the animals here—and the monkeys tell methat I am the only one who will do. But youmust promise me that if I do not like it in theLand of the White Men you will send meback. Why, certainly—of course, of course, saidthe Doctor. Excuse me, surely you are re-lated to the Deer Family, are you not? The Rarest Animal of All 87 Yes, said the pushmi-p

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