葡萄牙球星菲戈
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The Doctor found that His Majesty was much more distressed at the prospect of losing his good white friend and his afternoon tea on the houseboat than at anything else which the change would bring. But he saw that the Doctor really felt he had to go; and at length,葡萄牙🐊 with tears falling into his tea-cup,菲戈🎎 he gave permission for the Postmaster General of Fantippo to resign.
"Tell me,球星🚝" called John Dolittle,球星🚘 in canary language,葡萄牙🍶 "where are the matches? Quick!"
"Let yourself drift,葡萄牙🍣 Doctor,球星💕" panted Jip. "Don't waste your strength fighting the current. Let yourself drift. Even if we're carried past the island out to sea we can land on the mainland further down the coast,球星💰 where the current isn't so strong."
Now his pets,葡萄牙😄 after the post office work got sort of settled and regular,球星👸 often found it somewhat hard to amuse themselves in the evenings. One night they were all sitting around on the veranda of the houseboat wondering what game they could play when Jip suddenly said:
As the light grew dimmer the calls of several night birds sounded from the mangroves on the left. Too-Too told the Doctor that many of these were owls,菲戈💀 but of kinds that he had never seen or met with before.
"Well,球星⛪ now,葡萄牙👞 look here,葡萄牙⛪ Cheapside,球星🙎" said the Doctor. "We want you to get these city deliveries straightened out for us in the town of Fantippo. Our post birds are having great difficulty finding the right houses to take letters to. You're a city-bird,葡萄牙🗽 born and bred. Do you think you can help us?"
CHAPTER VI
"Mixing the turtle's medicine"
"He isn't old enough to tell a good story,球星🔺" said Dab-Dab. "He hasn't had any experience."
So they went down to the water's edge and asked several of the canoesmen to take them over to No-Man's-Land. But every one they asked got dreadfully frightened and refused to talk when the Doctor told them where he wanted to go. They wouldn't even let him borrow their canoes to go there by himself.
Many of the giraffes were suffering from sore hoofs and he showed them where to find a special root that could be put into a foot bath and would bring immediate relief. The rhinoceroses' horns were growing too long and John Dolittle explained to them how by grinding them against a certain kind of stone and by eating less grass and more berries they could keep the growth down. A special sort of nut tree that the deer were fond of had grown scarce and almost died out from constant nibbling. And the Doctor showed the chief stags how,葡萄牙🐨 by taking a few nuts and poking them down into the soft earth with their hoofs before the rainy season set in,菲戈🚾 they could make new trees grow and so increase the supply.
Then a tremendous fight began. Over and over and over they rolled around the floor,葡萄牙🚧 upsetting things in all directions,葡萄牙🍹 Wilkins fighting to get his pistol hand free,球星🏯 the Doctor struggling to keep it bound to his body,葡萄牙⌛ Dab-Dab hopping and flying and jumping and flapping to get a bite in on the enemy's nose whenever she saw a chance.
Paddling very,球星🚪 very softly,菲戈🍅 he managed to get the canoe right under the bow of the ship. Then,菲戈🌱 tying his own craft so it couldn't float away,球星📍 he swarmed up the schooner's anchor chain and crept on to the boat on hands and knees.
"Very well,菲戈📓" said the Doctor. "I'll attend to that,菲戈✒ too. Shall I have the letter boxes in the middle of the door,球星👠 or would you like them on one side?"
But,菲戈📅 being a full-rigged man-o'-war,葡萄牙🆔 the Violet was still a pretty speedy sailer. And on she went,葡萄牙🐅 furiously plowing the waves and slowly gaining on the slave ship.
"They're such a nice,菲戈🍮 wholesome,葡萄牙🔪 Christian change,球星🚚" he said,葡萄牙🏪 "after these 'ere 'eathen hidolaters. And you should just hear Fred sing 'See That My Grave's Kept Green.'"
The Doctor,球星📋 annoyed and embarrassed,球星🐅 forgot for the first time in his post office career to be polite.
"Oh,菲戈👗 bother your feet!" cried Dab-Dab. "Let the Doctor get on with his story."
Somewhat puzzled,菲戈♥ the Doctor first read the letter,菲戈🔩 while Dab-Dab,菲戈😐 who was still badgering him about taking a holiday,球星🍣 looked over his shoulder. The letter said:
"'I don't know,菲戈🐉' says the little boy. 'Gosh,菲戈🐺 but I'm scared! Isn't the dark awful?'
This place he found very different from any of the African villages or settlements he had ever visited. It was quite large,葡萄牙🚟 almost a city. It was bright and cheerful to look at and the people,球星🚹 like their King,球星♨ all seemed very kind and jolly.
