| “A little town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh” | [Frontispiece] |
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| “And she never came to see him any more” | [3] |
| “He could see as well as ever” | [14] |
| “They came at once to his house on the edge of the town” | [15] |
| “They used to sit in chairs on the lawn” | [19] |
| “‘All right,’ said the Doctor, ‘go and get married’” | [23] |
| “One evening when the Doctor was asleep in his chair” | [24] |
| “‘I felt sure there was twopence left’” | [31] |
| “And the voyage began” | [35] |
| “‘We must have run into Africa’” | [41] |
| “‘I got into it because I did not want to be drowned’” | [44] |
| “And Queen Ermintrude was asleep” | [48] |
| “‘Who’s that?’” | [52] |
| “Cheering and waving leaves and swinging out of the branches to greet him” | [61] |
| “John Dolittle was the last to cross” | [65] |
| “He made all the monkeys who were still well come and be vaccinated” | [68] |
| “‘ME, the King of Beasts, to wait on a lot of dirty monkeys?’” | [70] |
| “Then the Grand Gorilla got up” | [76] |
| “‘Lord save us!’ cried the duck. ‘How does it make up its mind?’” | [85] |
| “He began reading the fairy-stories to himself” | [96] |
| “Crying bitterly and waving till the ship was out of sight” | [109] |
| “‘They are surely the pirates of Barbary’” | [114] |
| “‘And you have heard that rats always leave a sinking ship?’” | [119] |
| “‘Look here, Ben Ali—’” | [127] |
| “‘Sh!—Listen!—I do believe there’s someone in there!’” | [136] |
| “‘You stupid piece of warm bacon!’” | [153] |
| “‘Doctor!’ he cried. ‘I’ve got it!’” | [160] |
| “And she kissed the Doctor many times” | [170] |
| “The Doctor sat in a chair in front” | [176] |
| “He began running round the garden like a crazy thing” | [178] |
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE
THE STORY OF
DOCTOR DOLITTLE
THE FIRST CHAPTER
PUDDLEBY
ONCE upon a time, many years ago—when our grandfathers were little children—there was a doctor; and his name was Dolittle—John Dolittle, M.D. “M.D.” means that he was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot.