Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle's Circus (Musaicum Children's Classics)
Children's Adventure Classic
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2020 OK Publishing
EAN 4064066384661
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Fireside Circle
Chapter 2. The Doctor Meets a Friend – and a Relative
Chapter 3. Business Arrangements
Chapter 4. The Doctor Is Discovered
Chapter 5. The Doctor Is Discouraged
Chapter 6. Sophie, from Alaska
Chapter 7. The Messenger from the North
Chapter 1. Planning the Escape
Chapter 2. “Animals’ Night” at the Circus
Chapter 3. In the Deserted Garden
Chapter 4. The Leader of the Bloodhounds
Chapter 5. The Passengers from Penchurch
Chapter 6. The Grantchester Coach
Chapter 1. The Highwayman’s Double
Chapter 2. To the Sea by River
Chapter 3. Sir William Peabody, J. P.
Chapter 4. Nightshade the Vixen
Chapter 5. “The Dolittle Safety Packet”
Chapter 2. The Patent Medicine Riots
Chapter 4. Another Talking Horse
Chapter 5. The Star Turn Gives a Great Performance
Chapter 7. The Perfect Pasture
Chapter 8. The Retired Cab and Wagon Horses’ Association
Chapter 1. Mr. Bellamy of Manchester
Chapter 3. The Poster and the Statue
Chapter 4. Fame, Fortune – and Rain
Chapter 5. Mr. Blossom’s Mysterious Disappearance
Chapter 6. The Doctor Becomes Manager of the Circus
Chapter 7. Matthew Mugg, Assistant Manager
Chapter 8. The Dolittle Circus
PART ONE
Chapter 1
The Fireside Circle
This is the story of that part of Doctor Dolittle’s adventures which came about through his joining and travelling with a circus. He had not planned in the beginning to follow this life for any considerable time. His intention had only been to take the pushmi-pullyu out on show long enough to make sufficient money to pay the sailor back for the boat which had been borrowed and wrecked.
But a remark Too-Too had made was true; it was not so hard for John Dolittle to become rich – for indeed he was easily satisfied where money was concerned – but it was a very different matter for him to remain rich. Dab-Dab used to say that during the years she had known him he had, to her knowledge, been quite well off five or six times; but that the more money he had, the sooner you could expect him to be poor again.
Dab-Dab’s idea of a fortune was not, of course, very large. But certainly during his experience with the circus