. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . e animal theyhave not got in the menageries. And the monkeys asked him, What aremenageries? Then Chee-Chee explained to them thatmenageries were places in the Land of theWhite Men, where animals were put in cagesfor people to come and look at. And themonkeys were very shocked and said to oneanother, These Men are like thoughtless young ones—stupid and easily amused. Sh! It is a prisonhe means. So then they asked Chee-Chee what rare ani-mal it could be that they should gi
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . e animal theyhave not got in the menageries. And the monkeys asked him, What aremenageries? Then Chee-Chee explained to them thatmenageries were places in the Land of theWhite Men, where animals were put in cagesfor people to come and look at. And themonkeys were very shocked and said to oneanother, These Men are like thoughtless young ones—stupid and easily amused. Sh! It is a prisonhe means. So then they asked Chee-Chee what rare ani-mal it could be that they should give the Doc-tor—one the White Men had not seen beforeAnd the Major of the Marmosettes asked, Have they an iguana over there? But Chee-Chee said, Yes, there is one in theLondon Zoo. And another asked, Have they an okapi? But Chee-Chee said, Yes. In Belgium. 8o The Story of Doctor Dolittle where my organ-grinder took me five years ago,they had an okapi in a big city they call Ant-werp. And another asked, Have they a pushmi-pullyu? Then Chee-Chee said, No. No WhiteMan has ever seen a pushmi-pullyu. Let usgive him THE TENTH CHAPTER THE RAREST ANIMAL OF ALL USHMI-PULLYUS are nowextinct. That means, therearent any more. But long ago,when Doctor Dolittle was alive,there were some of them still leftin the deepest jungles of Africa;and even then they were very, veryscarce. They had no tail, but a head at each end,and sharp horns on each head. They were veryshy and terribly hard to catch. The black menget most of their animals by sneaking up behindthem while they are not looking. But you couldnot do this with the pushmi-pullyu—because, nomatter which way you came towards him, hewas always facing you. And besides, only onehalf of him slept at a time. The other headwas always awake—and watching. This was why they were never caught and never seen in 81 82 The Story of Doctor Dollttle Zoos. Though many of the greatest huntsmenand the cleverest menagerie-keepers spentyears of th
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