Category: The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 4: A Message from Africa
Chapter 4: A Message from Africa That winter was a very cold one. And one night in December, when they were all sitting round the warm fire in the kitchen, and the Doctor was reading aloud to them out of books he had written himself in animal-language, the owl, Too-Too, suddenly said, “Sh! What’s that…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 3: More Money Troubles Vocabulary
Chapter 3: More Money Troubles Vocabulary Stall: A stand or booth for the sale of goods.Laundress: A woman who washes laundry for a living.Fishmonger: A person who sells fish for a living.Junket: A dish of sweetened and flavored curds of milk, often served with fruit.Organ-grinder: A street musician who plays a type of organ.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 3: More Money Troubles
Chapter 3: More Money Troubles And soon now the Doctor began to make money again; and his sister, Sarah, bought a new dress and was happy. Some of the animals who came to see him were so sick that they had to stay at the Doctor’s house for a week. And when they were getting…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Chapter 2: Animal Language Vocabulary Veterinarian: A person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals.Spectacles: Glasses.Plow-horse: A horse used to pull a plow, a large bladed farming implement used to turn soil over in preparation for the planting of seeds.Polynesia: A subregion containing 1000 southern Pacific Ocean islands.Acre: A unit of land area.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 2: Animal Language
Chapter 2: Animal Language It happened one day that the Doctor was sitting in his kitchen talking with the Cat’s-meat-Man who had come to see him with a stomach-ache. “Why don’t you give up being a people’s doctor, and be an animal-doctor?” asked the Cat’s-meat-Man. The parrot, Polynesia, was sitting in the window looking out…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 1: Puddleby Vocabulary Words
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Chapter 1: Puddleby Vocabulary Words Housekeeper: A person who manages the running of a household, often including cooking, cleaning, and other tasks.Hedgehog: A small mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll into a ball for self-defense.Parrot: A brightly colored tropical bird with a raucous voice. Many can…
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 1: Puddleby
Chapter 1: Puddleby Once upon a time, many years ago-when our grandfathers were little children-there was a doctor; and his name was Dolittle-John Dolittle, M.D. “M.D.” means that he was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot. He lived in a little town called, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. All the folks, young and old, knew him well…
