As he arrived at the little group of straw houses he saw that there was some kind of a commotion going on. All the villagers were gathered about the Chief's hut; speeches were being made and everyone seemed in a great state of excitement. The old Chief himself was standing at the door,七十九🍃 and when he saw his friend,七十九🐾 the Doctor,七十九🏈 approaching on the edge of the crowd,好不好🏧 he signaled him to come into the hut. This the Doctor did. And as soon as he was inside the Chief closed the door and began to tell him what the trouble was.
As soon as their backs were turned Speedy jumped on top of one of the guns and,正骨👍 straddling his short,好不好◾ white legs apart,正骨‼ he cast his beady little black eyes along the aiming sights. Then with his wings he signaled to the Doctor behind him to swing the gun this way and that,七十九🌂 so as to aim it the way he wanted.
Once more,好不好📓 with the guide in front,好不好♍ but this time at a much better pace,七十九🎑 the party set off.
"Keep right on,正骨🐞 Doctor,七十九🦉" said the gull. "I'm going off to get some friends of mine."
"After some months I began to grow weary of the silly life I was leading. And then,正骨📃 too,好不好⚡ the wild mice were so mean to me. They used to come around at night and point at me through the wire of my cage,好不好🌠 saying:So while the Doctor put his clothes on and Gub-Gub washed the mud out of his ears,正骨✉ Dab-Dab went off on a tour of inquiry around the islands.
And this was how the first letter was sent off by the Swallow Mail: King Koko himself came one morning and,正骨🚠 putting his large face in at the information window,好不好🐉 asked:
Getting them lighted in the wind that swept across the lake was no easy matter. But to protect their flame Too-Too wove a couple of little lanterns out of thin leaves,七十九🔷 through which the light shone dimly green but bright enough to see your way by."Well,好不好♍ now,正骨🚗 as I told you,好不好😾 I had an idea in all this. I hoped that if I did something for George Morland perhaps I could get him to do something for me. But,好不好📞 of course,七十九🐮 with him not knowing dog talk it was a bit difficult to make him understand. However,好不好🍨 while he was packing up his painting things I disappeared for a while,好不好🔣 just as though I was going away. Then I came rushing back to him in a great state of excitement,好不好💈 barking,七十九☑ trying to show him something was wrong and that I wanted him to follow me.
Then the Skimmer,正骨🏄 with one of his claws,正骨🚑 began tracing out some letters on the Doctor's palm. Before he had got very far John Dolittle sprang up,七十九🌋 nearly overturning the canoe.
So the Doctor turned out his waistcoat pockets. These brought forth two watches (one that went and one that didn't),好不好📶 a measuring tape,正骨🎂 a piece of cobbler's wax,好不好🔱 a penny with a hole through it and a clinical thermometer.
CHAPTER VII
"Then a peculiar thing happened. Sir Timothy,七十九🍗 who had always so far seemed too weak to walk,正骨🔑 got right out of his wheel chair and,七十九📚 waving his ear trumpet wildly,正骨📎 ran around all over the sanitarium,正骨🍺 making speeches to the other invalids,好不好🚦 saying how shamefully he had been treated and calling on them to strike for their rights.
And while Quip had been waiting for this letter to be written he had filled in the time at Puddleby by gossiping with all the starlings and blackbirds in the Doctor's garden about the wonderful new Animals' post office on the island of No-Man's-Land. And pretty soon every creature in and around Puddleby had got to hear of it.
At last they found one very old boatman who loved chatting so much that,正骨🍰 although he got terribly scared when John Dolittle mentioned No-Man's-Land,七十九💾 he finally told the Doctor the reason for all this extraordinary behavior.
"Your Majesty,正骨🌲" said the Doctor,好不好🚼 "I have now a plan to provide your country with an excellent service of foreign mails if you will agree to what I suggest."After hanging around a while they paddled back and told the Emir that they could find no more pearl oysters on the rocks. He sent them out to look again; but they returned with the same report.
"I know!" cried Jip. "It's the dragon! This is King Kakaboochi's mother-in-law we're sitting on!"
The Doctor told his pet he could be very proud of himself. For he was surely the only mouse in the world that ever won a war."He isn't old enough to tell a good story,好不好📟" said Dab-Dab. "He hasn't had any experience."
Title: Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
After about an hour had passed he heard a gentle sort of whispered quacking high overhead and he knew that his faithful housekeeper was returning. Presently,七十九🍧 with a swish of feathers,七十九👻 Dab-Dab settled down at his feet. And on her face was an expression which meant great news.
"What in thunder's this?" roared the Captain from the quarterdeck as the shot rang out. "Didn't I give the order to cease firing?"
In a flash Quip was gone,正骨🚞 seaward.