The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 3, Chapter 4: Our Troubles Continue
by Hugh Lofting
The voyage continues smoothly for about a week until another stowaway is discovered below deck.
The voyage continues smoothly for about a week until another stowaway is discovered below deck.
A piglet is missing and Eureka seems guilty.
Rene recovers. He makes his request to the Alachuas. On the way to Fort Caroline there is news of the attack.
Two abandoned children battle an evil witch.
This Indian legend explains the size of rabbits. A rabbit named Tavwots caught the sun in his snare and had to release him. However, he melted to a quarter of his size with the exception of his feet.
The narrator, having escaped the horror of the death-ray, continues to warn people about the Martian attack.
Philosophy fails to provide the answers he is seeking.
Dr. Dolittle's maritime travels come to an abrupt end. As the doctor and his passengers prepare to go ashore, a stowaway is discovered aboard ship. Dr. Dolittle introduces himself to the natives before embarking on the next leg of his journey.
An intoxicated Tom Foster has a conversation with George Willard.
Through the use of broad imagery, the author describes the effect Christmas in St. Augustine has on him. He imagines Santa Claus’s night and what the nearby trees might be thinking.
Alice increases in size after finishing the cake, causing her to question her own identity. Alice, having fallen in water, swims to shore.
"O Mother Race! to thee I bring"
"Beneath the vine-clad eaves, Whose shadows fall before"
A strange disc rises from the pit, spreading death and destruction throughout the area.
Cury and Flop meet Santa Claus.
The author discusses the beauty of the Florida orange and the pitfalls that plague its prosperity.
Elizabeth describes her interactions with new freedmen and freedwomen in the White House. Mrs. Lincoln's debts continue to grow.
Huck finds evidence suggesting his father has come looking for him.
Ahab has the blacksmith create a harpoon for him, but eventually takes over.
Marmaduke has a dream while he is ill and meets Jack Frost, who takes him on a fun adventure in his toy sleigh.
Walter returns to England. His happy reunion with his family is overshadowed by the news of Laura's death. He returns to Limmeridge house to pay his respects at her graveside.
The house lands on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy is welcomed by the Witch of the North and the Munchkins. Dorothy asks for help to get back to Kansas. The good Witch of the North tells her to go to the Emerald City to talk to the Wizard of Oz who can help her. She is warned that the way is pleasant, but also dark and terrible.
Description of mountain valley in winter.
"Pray why are you so bare, so bare,"
The poem describes the funeral of a Native American chief.