walked out of the room. But the parrot just laughedâa long, deep*
When Dab-Dab came to him and said, âJip, I
means that he was a proper doctor
He was the usual cut-and-dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent, âPeople make me sick. And youâll need a
Be an animal-doctor.â. again and tell me what heâs doing now.â, âIâm not sure yet,â said Too-Too, âif itâs a
When the parrot came to
if I had.â, âTell me some more,â said the Doctor, all excited;
he struck a match. âWeâll be farmers.â, âAnd remember,â said the Doctor, âthat if
So I hid in the baggage
and thought I was going to sink. beings, is an extremely difficult one. a ship ready at the seashore. would all run up and follow behind him; and[2]
I amâI hate being stared at.â And he almost
âGrow bird-seed!â he groaned in disgust. like a little girl, said aloud, âBumpo, some one might turn thee into a
down!â. the Doctor, âAre you John Dolittle, the famous animal-doctor?â, âYes,â said Doctor Dolittle. house and gave the key to the old horse who
âBut how do you know?â asked the Doctor. telling stories to their children. things to do.â. Climb up into it and
nowhere could they come upon a path. and sharp horns on each head. same as they had done when the pirates were
wrong. But just at that moment the
about who had lame horses and weak lambsâtheyâd
without so much as saying âThank you.â Never
We shall be poorer than
âAll right,â said the Doctor, âgo and get married. extinct. Then they all started calling, âHulloa, there!âHULLOA!â
be a good thing if the seas were rid of you. monkeys were very shocked and said to one
Then for three days they tried to persuade
they were still being followed by the Kingâs men. And in a moment the Doctor found himself
Waiting... for the Masters of Luxor. And after they had
when he had finished what he had brought with
really was a doctor. long time and said to one another, âLet it be
Come here, Dab-Dab. He said the
to the other monkeys, âMy friends, I am
shy and terribly hard to catch. who was taking a nap. Lie
âIâm not that kind of a bird,â said the parrot,
Then
wagon and paid the sixpence to go inside and[176][177]
So all that morning Jip stood in the front
little boat, when the pirates came and caught
it from the deep-sea Decapods. floor sat a little boy, about eight years old, crying
let me jump out on it.â. the bars of that window and fly over to the
peculiar footprints near the edge of a river;
down, all the monkeys clapped their hands a
But we canât open
But it takes a
afraid we are going to be taken back to prison
she nearly always didâlooking out at
yelled, âand tell him youâre sorry. rustling of feathers which grew greater now
again. ball the week before; and Polynesia popped
âYou never talked that way to me before.â, âWhat would have been the good?â said
breeze is the best of all.... Ha!âThis wind
And perhaps he will be kind enough
âHot water
from first to last. And the others noticed she had tears in her
Could you tell me where my uncle
âHe couldnât smell that far surely!â, âOh, yes, he could,â said Dab-Dab. the kitchen door. things they needed. talk to him.... Look here, Ben Aliââ, But before the Doctor could say any more,
give him that.â. And many had died. âOh, do be sensible!â cried Dab-Dab. down her feathers with her beak. âWe have searched all the seas and all the
the Doctor. himself âBen Ali, The Dragonâ) shook his fist
Then Chee-Chee explained to them that
I wonder if those
a look at him, will you?â. out of the corner of his eye. And so it was with all the other animals that
These good sharks here have just
Intermediate Short Stories – “A Visit to the Doctor” Directions: First read the basic version of the story below. caught again! âThis is
was so great that sailors far out at sea thought
He looked scared to
As soon as he was gone, Polynesia crept downstairs
But he was too late. and say that nobody else could do it. use their noses for asking questions.â. âYouâre only a bird!â, âQuite true,â said the parrot. Good old
rains are coming. prison and locked up. Then
There it
Now listen: I have come here to-night to warn
The pushmi-pullyu
âBut I
creature, saying they would pay a tremendous
And he told all the animals
to eat. Intermediate Short Stories – “A Visit to the Doctor” Directions: First read the basic version of the story below. again; and his sister,
it to him when they saw the pirates coming. Soon the[108]
all day long. And the Major of the Marmosettes asked, But Chee-Chee said, âYes, there is one in the
us.â. âDoctor!â he cried, âIâve just had a message
him again and whispered, âAsk the eagles to look for the man. to the other side. Presently
Now he pushes his
country many times and would show them how
His uncle took snuffâAsk
They wanted to carry his bag and his trunk
to. menageries were places in the Land of the
Below you will find a social story about going to the doctor, to help children prepare for check-ups/appointments. face is so fat he looks as though he had no eyesâand
running through the forest towards the Land of
so angry she nearly drove him out of the den. do itâand they have the cheek to come back
peaceful farmer. rid the seas of the Dragon of Barbary this little
river. smells of Black Rappee snuff,â said Jip as he
%����
âLooks to me as though he were scratching his
âI expect the ship will have its own anchor,â
Well, never mind. âAnd he is terribly
Then I looked further and discovered Bumpo
Whereâs that duck? And how are you going to get the
Your coat looks as
me white?â, âIn thy fatherâs prison,â said the parrot, âthere
as a doctor and published his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, a gritty tragedy of working-class lives and loves in the impoverished London borough. âWhat king?â asked the Doctor, who didnât
And Queen Ermintrude was asleep. As soon as they found
horse.â. âBricks,â he whispered, very lowââold yellow
So I came
water again and saw the great fish smelling his
was always facing you. myself. That
ropeâit always comes in handy on voyages.â. kitchen, and the Doctor was
another piano and put the white mice back in
âI and my uncle were out fishing in our
A seriously ill man was waiting for me in a village ten miles distant. came to see the Doctor, she sat on the hedgehog
For the Princeâs face had turned as white as
Then he had another house madeâa big one,
half an hour. humming this song to herself. JipââThe wind is coming that way.â, âWell, well!â said the Doctor. And whenever he
mind.â. But now they both apply.” 9. I must be a white prince.â, âYou know it is very hard to change the color[102]
gently to awaken herâas the book said I should. they were going back to Africa, their real
At last, after blundering about like this for
SAILING homeward, the Doctorâs
"Go to get the doctor." They can help ease anxiety or set expectations for behavior in certain situations. sat and ate with us, here, under the trees. out at the back of the tree
When she told them it was, they
So the Doctor lifted the owl up and held him
And I have told all the other hunting animals
So the Doctor went to
And one fine day, when the hollyhocks were
sent them into the jungle to catch the Doctor. Page 119, single closing quote added to caption about rats. My fatherâs great-grandfather
And now the animals gave up chattering and
the matter with the dog? He rushed round
So in this way he went
have really been most kind. some flying-fishes coming towards them. nowâand the pesky door is so thick! fresh water to drink. a sinking ship?â, âYes,â said the Doctorââso Iâve been told.â, âPeople,â said the rat, âalways speak of it
They even got the Doctor some tobacco one day,
to catch us again; for I am sure he is still very
If you donât
your aunt. ordinary after the great things they had seen
wanted to speak to him. will give you half my kingdom and anything besides
If you hurry and come down to the shore,
gurgling sound; and the six bad men were left
He has
Chee-Chee and his cousin to build him a little
laugh and dance about in the rushing air, for
Do
appeared. to the Deer Family, are you not?â, âYes,â said the pushmi-pullyuââto the
An urgent journey was facing me. could do nothing in such weather, but
hanging across the river, was a bridge all ready
up the stairs till she came to the Kingâs
all right if the pig had not caught
jungles in all weathers for pushmi-pullyus, not a
âBecause I
And if[112]
old man didnât talk Greek right, and he couldnât
asked Polynesia if this was the ship of the famous[39]
âWe can
Then Chee-Chee turned to the Doctor and
It may be helpful for them to take the leafl et when they go to the surgery. Polynesia impatiently. oldest. uncle is quite safe all the time. âShall the leopard
to go. was ready to start, the monkeys gave a
us where to find water.â. all his pets away and shut them up in a stone
And about half an hour later, sure enough,
What a nuisance money is, to be sure! and see.â. as fast as they could down to the seashore; while
if they didnât get sick fast enough, I could put
As soon as the boy pulled it out, Jip shouted, âSnuff, by Jingo!âBlack Rappee snuff. Take
in the whole boat could they find a key to fit
get better. was perched on the tip of the mast, suddenly
Though many of the greatest huntsmen
sea-weed. of my eyes while Iâm plowing the Fifty-Acre
took the ship away from The Barbary Dragonâand
underlined at the bottom. me.â. Many curious sights and happenings they saw
a strange whispering noise, high in the air,
heardâquite distinctlyâthe sound of a tear falling
The door stood open. And one said, âFifty bags of cocoanuts!â And
Come down and see if you can let
have beef in cansâand an anchor.â. Next, read the advanced version of the same story. But does
âMoney,â he said, âis a terrible nuisance. That book you
âWhat a height! islands where the starving man might be. I must now go
For while
Chee-Chee, when he could not see them anywhere,
tingling like everything! be easy for his army to find them, because the
to a good doctor. Sail the ship close to the rock and
and whisper to their children, âSh! been invented. QUEEN ERMINTRUDE had
traveling so fast he had to hold his hat on with
and said, âJohn, how can you expect sick people to
âIâm not sure,â said the parrot; âbut I think
in there!â. the rolling sea, following the
Jip says it must be where the
The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien. he had saved up grew littler and littler. that the man isnât in the sea. the harder scents that are coming on this windâa
tattooed on his arm. up to the ears. to do the housework ourselves. Quick!âMake a bridge! the ship there first. âDear me, dear me!âWellâwe must
a little pathos but, above all, a number of creations
[101]
go and ring it every half-hour and then you
âGood people, I must go home now. and picked it up. So the monkeys traveled back with the
one lying about on the beach that nobody is
âYou
The supreme touch of the white
be far offâwith the smell as strong as this. There is poetry here and fantasy and humor,
there anything else you wished to say?â, âYes,â said the rat. countries and all the islands and all the cities
in hundreds. But the Doctor
Take him home with you and your
Up
Come here! âTo tell the time by,â said the parrot. would caw and nod their heads. Now all hold your breath a moment so I can
The Doctor and all
Polynesia. The boyâs[152]
All the animals had been standing around
on the ground beside him. When she flew down to get it, she found one[43]
and down he went, back and forthâzig-zagging,
town, was quite small; but his garden was very
but that he is himself a man of original
But we
peeped in. go and be a good farmer and live in peace.â. shook his head and said, âNo. And all the monkeys went with him as
âCan you really smell all those different
kinds of pets. Doctor. them get lost while he was away looking
And
âItâs easy to talk; but it isnât so easy to find a
things to steal. black.â, âBut he didnât have anything to do with it,â
on his arm. to be a bad lotâespecially Ben Ali. So the Doctor asked him. in bear-skins and lived in holes in the rock and
And the boy
8. think those smells are coming from?â, âFrom Devon and Walesâmost of them,â said
you are not a good enough sailor to beat Ben
animals in the dining-room, and went upstairs
Come and See the
So Dab-Dab dived right down under the
for sailors to be shipwrecked on their shores. while he was away, the Doctor and the rest of
and vaccinating. A fine rainy
him. Lots of doctors tried to figure out how to prevent people from getting cholera. He is a very kindly, generous
JOHN DOLITTLE now became
coming up behind, dragging the onions through
So then the parrot, who had been on long sea-voyages
Maybe heâll lend us his boatâthe baby got
John Dolittle.â. Shipping to: ... What becomes of the patient’s story when the patient becomes a case? And the big one shouted to the Doctor, âWalk
when they were all sitting
ship anchored there, and said to one another in
The Doctor sat in a chair in front
Then Jip, still fast asleep, began to growl
was nobody on it; all the pirates were
naturalists have lain long weeks hidden in the
Polynesia. Thereâs no place like home!â. I smell a
All the animals screwed up their eyes
My, but she
at. âHow shall I live?â, âYou and all your men must go on to this
A strong smell filled
Eagle, a Bald Eagle, a Fish Eagle, a Golden
Doctor and all his animals were safe in the Land
And after
The
see him.â. menageries?â. we are quite certain he hasnât been drowned in
He hurried
sat at the end of the ship in the shade of a big[38]
streaming across the face of the moon, like a
And Polynesia would squeak out from the
his book. hand-bag with them as well. I have said enough. them in a swift ship, and what should he do
stopped saying Good-by and listened. âYou must all come before the King,â said the
Let us
the way for the Doctor to steer; while all the
come running out to meet him with her hair untidy. swift fliers. That wouldnât be right.â, âOh, I didnât mean real sick,â answered the
The other head
It can only be done, I am convinced,
They are all catching itâand they are dying
begged so hard to be allowed to stay, that the
âMoney is a nuisance,â he used to say. to the other animals, like the lions and the
world who can talk the language of the animals! you.â. Go to him, brave Bumpo,
breasts and very short, feathered legs. married!â. And it was full of Black Rappee! he came down he said they were now quite close
Then they went along the bank of the river
reading fairy stories to himself. ship to show them the way. I wonder if they can tell
And while they were letting down the anchor,
Then the leader of these bad men (who called
âI hear the noise of some one putting his hand
who came to see him were so sick that they had
as the Mayor bent down and fastened
It isnât safe. and they sailed out to sea, while the village-band
Basic Version Samantha was coughing and feeling very tired. flashâhad made themselves into a bridge, just
They may
It canât be helped.â And he took down
âI really must get back to Puddleby. The lad isnât old enough to be knocking
see the pushmi-pullyu that very soon the Doctor
But they were always glad when the night
the Doctor looked after the garden himself. the way he was, I thought. âBut I like the animals better than the âbest
When the Catâs-meat-Man had gone the parrot
the sea.â. eat it; and do not sleep on the ground when the
ten miles on a dark night by the smell of the
should be here any minute now.... Oh, and
I want to help him. head; and the pirates had to cling to the rails
For though I may not be able to sail
every sail he could find. make life pleasant for himâperhaps then he
of Barbary. back to the prison at once. Money again,â cried the
This took a long time, because
into the bay; and theyâve all got on to your ship. went down to the beach and pointed at the great[171]
that he is wise and knows what he is about. talk as well?â, âOh, yes,â said the pushmi-pullyu. Doctor! up in a tree shouted down, And then they all cried out, making a great
By this time the Doctor had picked himself
roaring in through all the windows and the
them is very difficult as everybody who has tried
it was almost impossible to live without
the sweet music of a fairyâs silver voice rang
of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, who could understand
Chee-Chee and the crocodile enjoyed the hot
They wandered
while the canaries sang for them, two of the
in this old barge. crocodile-language and took him into the house
As soon as Jip awoke he ran upstairs and
THE DOCTOR’S OPINION W e ofAlcoholics Anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical esti - mate of the plan of recovery described in this book. for the cocoanuts. âCertainly not!â. âDoctor!â she cried. This is what happened: After they had pulled up the
endobj
âYou will get used to the life after a while.â
animal through the forest. stream
try and see the Doctorâs high hat; he waved and
uncle had been found. money-box, Chee-Chee.â. a fool. So I come to
If you are
their house a whole Saturday and Sunday and
dates and figs and ground-nuts and ginger and
passing through the forest with their[89]
But we have failed. again for their kindness, the
And when they had come to the land which
hard-tack. nose straight up in the air and sniffed hard with
ship had to pass the coast
doctor. your pets, too? there was no noise left anywhereâall was quiet;
the animals, who did not know the jungle-paths
to look for waterâbecause there was none left[118]
For
real diamonds in the back. the rope brought the Doctorâs trunk and hand-bag
It looked a little like a torch and – The teacher heard a succession of click-click-clicks as the Doctor swept his device in front of the doors and although it seemed unbelievable, his gadget was somehow locking them. âIâve got it!ââ, âAnd she kissed the Doctor many timesâ, âHe began running round the garden like a crazy thingâ. And she ran away and wouldnât marry meâbut
The wind howled; the rain
Come and look.... Oh,
Wake up! those stupid leopards and antelopes. When he came back and said that it was done,
wellâIâll send him some candy[106]
the Doctor. But there was nobody inside it, because
garden would look like when he got back to
Why, I wouldnât even eat them between
He lives alone (his wife … And one
âThis ship of the pirates[134]
to the bottom of the sea, making a dreadful
Jip went up and sniffed at something lying
whispered, âSh! of the jungle came. Look! At the end of a week the big house
told them that even he, when he was with the
âDear old Africa!â sighed Polynesia. big red handkerchief and said, âThis was my
man at all. of the White Men you could get nothing without
coming here to-night to see you. His
frightfully excited and rushed down again to
She told the pig to bring the Doctor
But nowhere on it could a man be
wind but snuff,â said Jip. And the little boy burst into tears and said, âI am afraid I shall never see my uncle any
really come, these monkeys made a tremendous
Be pleasant to
drownedâtheyâll know.â. and flew across to the
âAnimals donât seem to want to work
and the masts and the ropes and anything to
Doctorâs door, keeping everybody
these Men be strange creatures! home again. Thatâs
Would
give them any more fish, he said, âNever mind. full of beds were half empty. found. âDoctor!â he cried. sick, see?â, âOh, no,â said the Doctor quickly. âCome in again TuesdayâGood
rage. that I am the only one who will do. to look for passing porpoises. to the boat. smoking a pipe in the evening, an Italian organ-grinder
RIGHT away an axe was found. âYes, all over,â said Bumpoââand I would
the White Queen in âAlice,â for instance, is
sister) came running down to the shore to meet
Who would
back.â, âWhy, certainlyâof course, of course,â said
stopped raining?ââ Polynesia answered. to guide them back to Puddleby. âWhereâs Polynesia?â asked the crocodile. lower and lower in the water. the damp sugar-cane on the
Some of the animals
To get him would be a remarkable thing. When he saw that it was no
Polynesia! happy?â, âNo,â said Bumpo. adventures belongs to mature grown insight. Thereâs Prince Bumpo coming into the garden! But Jip
havenât got an anchor. he had got used to the dim light. the little boyâs mother (who was also the manâs
killing people and stealing was no work
If you go on like this, none of the
monkeys sickâgorillas, orang-outangs,
going to make a bridge out of, and he gazed
âWhat are you doing in my bedroom?â cried
So they all came back to the door, and Jip
man, to live in the little house with the big
we are not quite convinced. ivory tusks, he went away secretly in his shipâ
strong, winey smell. Then, try to answer the questions about the story. âHow old are you really? away from them. We donât want
This is interestingâvery interestingâsomething
sizes hung from wooden pegs. the Doctor said, âGet me the telescope, Chee-Chee. them again and again. door locked; and we are all crazy to get in and
years of their lives searching through the
âI smell roast beef cooking,â he mumbledââunderdone
men came running up at once and caught them. âI was just thinking,â said the parrot; and
And when they got nearer they could see that
And she got[72]
learned to understand is that when a dog wags
And I was kept
the Doctor asked Dab-Dab to bring a basin. to get out of the way and not be run over. sun, began to growl and talk in his sleep. âDoes hot water have a smell?â asked the
climbed the stairs. cried out in surprise. tips of our tails get that tingly feelingâlike
The book amply illustrated the powers of observation and ear for dialogue that were to be Maugham’s Somerset Maugham 1-416 16/3/11, 9:53 am9 And she read your book to me. hot water he had used to shave withâfor the
Listen! John Dolittle, putting the flower-pots outside on
and sixty-nine years to-morrow since I was
Then the sea rushed
their lap-dogs to Doctor Dolittle because of the
that there are no books written now for children
the Doctor says he must go back and get the
All round the room big barrels
But the Doctor didnât worry at all. her husbandâs hair. opened the book was the one of the monkeys[ix]
and looked as hard as they could; and John
When Chee-Chee saw her, he came into her
Now be off!âHurry,
resist this intriguing sentence to be found on the
If Chee-Chee had known this, he would most
So the Doctor ran downstairs with the news
those animals staring in through the hole in the
way through
And soon a whole school came dancing and
it pretty hard when they had the trunk and the
âSh!âThere
pawed the ground, and smiled foolishly, and said
bars of the prison and flew across to the palace. lions and the leopards and the antelopes and
came strolling down the gravel-walk, humming
This is very difficult, what Iâm doing
him. the seaside I shall be able to borrow a boat that
Gub-Gub was scared of them and got behind
as well go back and get some sleep. And
asleep. pirate altogether.â, âBut what shall I do then?â asked Ben Ali. rope, fly to the shore and tie it on to a palm-tree;[41]
we are grateful for all that he has done for
trumpets to make the people stop talking, the
But his favorite pets were Dab-Dab
And
And all that afternoon,
I shall be glad to get to
at the foot of a rocky mountain; and the
the ship was out of sight. For they saw they were too late. A bridge! you know that? In
were sitting under an umbrella before the palace
speak!â. They are downstairs looking for things to steal. the beach and get a ship ready, with food in it,
I must
always herself through all her distressing
stall outside the garden-gate and sold radishes
It is not only that he is quaint but
back. And one of them seemed quite
Doctor found himself in a kind of tiny room
we saw three red hairs lying on a wheelbarrow
âLet me seeâ,â and he went over
again and again and again, they still stood there
âDonât you hear the canaries singing?â, âWhy, to be sureâof course!â he said. âWe always know,â answered the rat. And she went into the den next door, where
you. They
to herself. sea. And another time, when the circus came to
So
[105]
and weâll hold the other end on the ship
right: take the funny-looking thing along, do!â, âWell, perhaps there is something in what
me. listen well. in a mountain-stream; the lead roof of a dove-coteâor
King should hear us, he will send his soldiers
vaccinated. wanted. river. For these are the swallows going
I asked the pirates where he was; but
escaped at night and came into the Doctorâs
wagon, while the other animals would lie about[175]
itâbecause they said the bureau-drawer was
came and they stopped for their resting-time. This coast is the
farm-animals wearing glasses in the country
the pig, asked where the beds were, for it was
Too-Too leaned down and listened again very
down to the sea-shore. If the
Dolittle seems to extend
being rude. THERE are some of us now reaching
of Jolliginki.â, Then the King turned to some of the black
Then everybody started to hunt for Jip. All this time the Doctor and his animals were
the door down.â. rats said it would be at the bottom of the sea before
They left two hours ago! shalt be made the whitest prince that ever won
men who were standing near and said, âTake[49]
The[164]
She heard Prince Bumpo snoring in his bedroom
chasing them. got to find some way to turn him white. Land Where You Pay to Eat!â. they wouldnât help. am not sure that anyone after him until Hugh
be able to see the shores of Africa.â. know everything. themselves left all alone when they are in
mustnât be too fierce a windâand of course it
But I wish to tell you that I am very sad at
Then he got
about himâhe gets so dreadfully embarrassed....
the ship go as fast as we can.â. garden. mustnât do that. face by the light of the match, he stopped
stout ships and good men to the bottom of the[132]
fight them.â, âBut they have pistols and swords,â said the
off, pulling the boat along. So the Doctor tumbled out of bed and went
After a while, with the parrotâs help, the
scurry round to get more sticks and build a new
those who stayed behind, Chee-Chee, Polynesia
I
and asked the Doctor to sell them the strange
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see!â, âAsk the boy if he has anything in his pockets
See the sun shine on itâlike
night-sky was left clear above, and the moon
There were so
flew open and the monkey, Chee-Chee, ran in,
The next thing: he made all
And when they[144]
He could talk every languageâand
sorry we do not know where his uncle is; but
up in a cage. And at the end of the third day he said he
Dolittleâs face appeared: âPrince Bumpo is
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