Doctor Dolittle's Return

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Author: Hugh Lofting ISBN: 1230002177892
Publisher: eBooks Publication: February 25, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Hugh Lofting
ISBN: 1230002177892
Publisher: eBooks
Publication: February 25, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

“Doctor Dolittle had now been in the moon for a little over a year. During that time I, as his secretary, had been in charge of his household at Puddleby–on–the–Marsh. Of course a boy of my age could not take the great man's place—nobody could, for that matter. But I did my best.

At the beginning for a few weeks it was not easy. We were all so anxious and worried about John Dolittle. We did not seem to be able to keep our minds on anything but that he was still in the moon and what might be happening to him. So it was in our talking too: no matter what we started to discuss or chat about, our conversation always ended on the same question.

Yet I do not know what I would have done if it had not been for the animals. Ah, those animals of John Dolittle's! Dab–Dab the duck, the careful housekeeper who spent her life looking after others—even if she did it scolding them most of the time; Jip the dog, brave, generous, happy–go–lucky sportsman, always ready for a good scrap, a good story, a[…]”

Excerpt From: Hugh Lofting. “Doctor Dolittle's Return.” iBooks. 

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“Doctor Dolittle had now been in the moon for a little over a year. During that time I, as his secretary, had been in charge of his household at Puddleby–on–the–Marsh. Of course a boy of my age could not take the great man's place—nobody could, for that matter. But I did my best.

At the beginning for a few weeks it was not easy. We were all so anxious and worried about John Dolittle. We did not seem to be able to keep our minds on anything but that he was still in the moon and what might be happening to him. So it was in our talking too: no matter what we started to discuss or chat about, our conversation always ended on the same question.

Yet I do not know what I would have done if it had not been for the animals. Ah, those animals of John Dolittle's! Dab–Dab the duck, the careful housekeeper who spent her life looking after others—even if she did it scolding them most of the time; Jip the dog, brave, generous, happy–go–lucky sportsman, always ready for a good scrap, a good story, a[…]”

Excerpt From: Hugh Lofting. “Doctor Dolittle's Return.” iBooks. 

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