. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . after. When the Doctor stopped speaking and satdown, all the monkeys clapped their hands along time and said to one another, Let it beremembered always among our people that hesat and ate with us, here, under the trees. Forsurely he is the Greatest of Men! And the Grand Gorilla, who had the strengthof seven horses in his hairy arms, rolled a greatrock up to the head of the table and said, This stone for all time shall mark the spot. And even to this day, in the heart of
. The story of Doctor Dolittle, being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign parts . after. When the Doctor stopped speaking and satdown, all the monkeys clapped their hands along time and said to one another, Let it beremembered always among our people that hesat and ate with us, here, under the trees. Forsurely he is the Greatest of Men! And the Grand Gorilla, who had the strengthof seven horses in his hairy arms, rolled a greatrock up to the head of the table and said, This stone for all time shall mark the spot. And even to this day, in the heart of the jun-gle, that stone still is there. And monkey-mothers, passing through the forest with their The Rarest Animal of All 89 families, still point down at it from the branchesand whisper to their children, Sh! There itis—look—where the Good White Man sat andate food with us in the Year of the Great Sick-ness! Then, when the party was over, the Doctorand his pets started out to go back to the sea-shore. And all the monkeys went with him asfar as the edge of their country, carrying histrunk and bags, to see him THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER THE BLACK PRINCE Y the edge of the river theystopped and said farewell. This took a long time, because\ all those thousands of monkeysr/ wanted to shake John Dolittle by the hand. Afterwards, when the Doctor and his petswere going on alone, Polynesia said, We must tread softly and talk low as wego through the land of the Jolliginki. If theKing should hear us, he will send his soldiersto catch us again; for I am sure he is still veryangry over the trick I played on him. What I am wondering, said the Doctor,is where we are going to get another boat togo home in. ... Oh well, perhaps well findone lying about on the beach that nobody isusing. Never lift your foot till you come tothe stile. 91 92 The Story of Doctor Dolittle One day, while they were passing througha very thick part of the forest, Chee-Chee wentahead of them to look for cocoanuts.
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