. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . POLYNESIA AND THE KING HEN they hadgone a littleway throughthe thick for-est, they cameto a wide, clear space; and they saw the Kings palace which wasmade of mud. This was where the King lived with hisQueen, Ermintrude, and their son, PrinceBumpo. The Prince was away fishing for sal-mon in the river. But the King and Queenwere sitting under an umbrella before the palacedoor. And Queen Ermintrude was asleep. When the Doctor had come up to the palacethe King asked him his
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . POLYNESIA AND THE KING HEN they hadgone a littleway throughthe thick for-est, they cameto a wide, clear space; and they saw the Kings palace which wasmade of mud. This was where the King lived with hisQueen, Ermintrude, and their son, PrinceBumpo. The Prince was away fishing for sal-mon in the river. But the King and Queenwere sitting under an umbrella before the palacedoor. And Queen Ermintrude was asleep. When the Doctor had come up to the palacethe King asked him his business; and the Doctortold him why he had come to Africa. You may not travel through my lands, saidthe King. Many years ago a white man came 47 48 The Story of Doctor Dolittle to these shores; and I was very kind to after he had dug holes in the ground to getthe gold, and killed all the elephants to get theirivory tusks, he went away secretly in his ship— K k*ti>i2£vs«i&s>^\ | ^^V\. And Queen Ermintrude was asleep without so much as saying Thank you. Neveragain shall a white man travel through the landsof Jolliginki. Then the King turned to some of the blackmen who were standing near and said, Take Polynesia and the King 49 away this medicine-man—with all his animals,and lock them up in my strongest prison. So six of the black men led the Doctor andall his pets away and shut them up in a stonedungeon. The dungeon had only one little win-dow, high up in the wall, with bars in it; andthe door was strong and thick. Then they all grew very sad; and Gub-Gub,the pig, began to cry. But Chee-Chee said hewould spank him if he didnt stop that horriblenoise; and he kept quiet. Are we all here? asked the Doctor, afterhe had got used to the dim light. Yes, I think so, said the duck and startedto count them. Wheres Polynesia? asked the isnt here. Are you sure? said the Doctor. Lookagain. Polynesia! Polynesia! Where areyou? I suppose she escaped, grumbled t
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