The prison into which the Doctor was thrown had no windows. And John Dolittle,喋血✝ although he had been in African prisons before,喋血😨 was very unhappy because he was extremely particular about having fresh air. And besides,小游戏🔗 his hands were firmly tied behind his back with strong rope.
"Well,小游戏🙆 you could have knocked me down with a feather. Of course,小游戏🌕 you must realize that was the first time I had ever heard of any one's being afraid of the dark. It sounds ridiculous enough to all of you,小游戏🔴 I suppose,双雄💄 but to me,双雄💈 who had always preferred the cool,双雄🐯 calm darkness to the glaring,双雄❌ vulgar daylight,喋血💃 it seemed then an almost unbelievable thing that anyone could be afraid merely because the sun had gone to bed.
The sun had not yet risen on the gloomy waters of Lake Junganyika before Jip felt the Doctor stirring in his hammock,双雄😔 preparing to get up.
"Well,小游戏🍻" said the neat little bird,双雄🔓 settling down on the ground at his feet,双雄💌 "I've found you at last,小游戏❔ Doctor. I've been hunting all over creation for you."
"Jip hung up the sign"Out in the open great banks of gray mist rolled and joined and separated as the wailing wind pushed them fretfully hither and thither over the face of the waters.
CHAPTER III
After a moment's thought the Captain turned to the Doctor again.
"Yes,喋血🚹 yes,喋血📝" said the Doctor. "Go on. I remember Columbus writing of land birds in his diary. Go on."
"I too am glad,双雄🍺 John Dolittle. You are the only one in the world now who understands the speech of animals. And if you had not come my story of the Flood could not have been told. I'm getting very old and do not ever move far away from Junganyika."
"Nicholas Scroggins."
With a howl Wilkins bent down to knock her off.
CHEAPSIDE
GULLS AND SHIPS"Well,喋血♌ you should have seen the excitement among the people then! The owner of the watch and chain was there and he raised a terrible row. And then it came out that these dogs had been taking things from their masters' homes to hire bones with. The people were dreadfully annoyed. They closed up our bone shop and put us out of business. But they never discovered that the money we had made had gone to the beggar.
"Then Morland,双雄🚔 all busy and excited,喋血📉 like a schoolboy,喋血😲 took the beggar's chalk pictures from against the wall and,喋血👟 rubbing them out,小游戏📙 did them over the way they should be done. He got so occupied with this that he didn't notice that a whole crowd of people was gathering around,双雄🍻 watching. His work was so fine that the people were spellbound with the beauty of the cats and dogs and cows and horses that he drew. And they began asking one another in whispers who the stranger could be who was doing the pavement artist's pictures for him.
Disappointed and sad,小游戏🔇 Dab-Dab and the Doctor started to paddle their way back.
"But this lady was in distress,喋血🐐" said the Doctor. "I was in such a hurry I forgot all about lighting the ship. In fact,双雄💈 it wasn't dark yet when I left."
"The gull caught the tomato skin with a lightning lunge""'Well,双雄🐕' I said,小游戏🐖 'people hire out bicycles and pianos for rent,双雄▪ don't they? So,小游戏📣 why can't you and I rent out bones for dogs to chew? They won't be able to pay us in money of course,双雄🎩 so we'll get them to bring us things,喋血🚣 instead. Then the beggar can sell the things and get money.'
Full daylight had not yet come and the light from a lamp could be seen palely shining up the stairs which led to the cabin. The Doctor slid forward like a shadow,双雄🚸 tiptoed his way down the stairs and peered through the partly opened door.