On the return trip, they again are captured in Jolliginki. In appreciation, the monkeys find a pushmi-pullyu, a shy two-headed gazelle-unicorn cross, whose rarity may bring Dr. He vaccinates the well monkeys and nurses the sick back to health. The band barely escapes by ruse, but makes it to the monkey kingdom where things are dire indeed as a result of the raging epidemic. On the way to the monkey kingdom, his band is arrested by the king of Jolliginki, a victim of European exploitation who wants no white men traveling his country. He has to borrow supplies and a ship, and sails with a crew of his favourite animals, but is shipwrecked upon arriving to Africa. He is conscripted into voyaging to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic just as he faces bankruptcy. His fortunes rise and fall again after a crocodile takes up residence, but his fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world.

But after learning the secret of speaking to all animals from his parrot Polynesia, he takes up veterinary practice. His love of animals grows over the years and his household menagerie eventually scares off his human clientele, leading to loss of wealth. John Dolittle, MD, is a respected physician and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu! The doctor and his friends have many amazing adventures. So he sails off from his home,bringing along all his animal friends: Dab-Dab, the duck Jip, the dog Gub-Gub, the baby pig Polynesia, the parrot and Too-Too, the owl.

One day Doctor Dolittle receives a message from Africa. Not only can he talk to the animals-he can also understand what they say to him. Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle - one of the classics of children's literature.ĭoctor Dolittle is truly extraordinary.

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