. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . ble to give up being a showman. And one fine day, when the hollyhocks werein full bloom, he came back to Puddleby a richman, to live in the little house with the biggarden. And the old lame horse in the stable was gladto see him; and so were the swallows who hadalready built their nests under the eaves of hisroof and had young ones. And Dab-Dab wasglad, too, to get back to the house she knew sowell—although there was a terrible lot of dust-ing to be done, with cobwebs ev
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . ble to give up being a showman. And one fine day, when the hollyhocks werein full bloom, he came back to Puddleby a richman, to live in the little house with the biggarden. And the old lame horse in the stable was gladto see him; and so were the swallows who hadalready built their nests under the eaves of hisroof and had young ones. And Dab-Dab wasglad, too, to get back to the house she knew sowell—although there was a terrible lot of dust-ing to be done, with cobwebs everywhere. And after Jip had gone and shown his goldencollar to the conceited collie next-door, he cameback and began running round the garden likea crazy thing, looking for the bones he hadburied long ago, and chasing the rats out of thetool-shed; while Gub-Gub dug up the horse-radish which had grown three feet high in thecorner by the garden-wall. And the Doctor went and saw the sailor whohad lent him the boat, and he bought two newships for him and a rubber-doll for his baby; r vi^1i^K^!W^-i-i > I y^^Mii^iH,:,;;. fill
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