. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . astill larger parcel and said, Where is the dog? Then everybody started to hunt for Jip. Andat last Dab-Dab found him on the other sideof the village in a stable-yard, where all the The Fishermans Town 173 dogs of the country-side were standing roundhim speechless with admiration and respect. When Jip was brought to the Doctors side,the Mayor opened the larger parcel; and insidewas a dog-collar made of solid gold! And agreat murmur of wonder went up from the vil-lage-fol
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . astill larger parcel and said, Where is the dog? Then everybody started to hunt for Jip. Andat last Dab-Dab found him on the other sideof the village in a stable-yard, where all the The Fishermans Town 173 dogs of the country-side were standing roundhim speechless with admiration and respect. When Jip was brought to the Doctors side,the Mayor opened the larger parcel; and insidewas a dog-collar made of solid gold! And agreat murmur of wonder went up from the vil-lage-folk as the Mayor bent down and fastenedit round the dogs neck with his own hands. For written on the collar in big letters werethese words: JIP—The Cleverest Dog in theWorld. Then the whole crowd moved down to thebeach to see them off. And after the red-hairedfisherman and his sister and the little boy hadthanked the Doctor and his dog over and overand over again, the great, swift ship with thered sails was turned once more towards Pud-dleby and they sailed out to sea, while the vil-lage-band played music on the THE LAST CHAPTER HOME AGAIN ARCH winds had come andgone; Aprils showers wereover; Mays buds had openedinto flower; and the June sunwas shining on the pleasantfields, when John Dolittle atlast got back to his own country. But he did not yet go home to he went traveling through the land withthe pushmi-pullyu in a gipsy-wagon, stopping atall the country-fairs. And there, with the acro-bats on one side of them and the Punch-and-Judy show on the other, they would hang out abig sign which read, COME AND SEE THE MARVELOUS TWO-HEADED ANIMAL FROM THEJUNGLES OF AFRICA. Admission SIXPENCE. And the pushmi-pullyu would stay inside the wagon, while the other animals would lie about 174 Home Again 175 underneath. The Doctor sat in a chair in fronttaking the sixpences and smiling on the peopleas they went in; and Dab-Dab was kept busyall the time scolding him bec
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