The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 1, Chapter 13: A Traveler Arrives
by Hugh Lofting
Tommy's abilities continue to progress under the tutelage of Polynesia. A long lost friend returns from Africa.
Tommy's abilities continue to progress under the tutelage of Polynesia. A long lost friend returns from Africa.
A study of irrational and transcendent numbers and how it was first established.
A superstitious schoolteacher comes to a mysterious end in the isolated glen of Sleepy Hollow.
"Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,"
The story of Dr. Reefy and his brief, but happy marriage to a much younger woman.
"Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing;
How can I then return in happy plight
A short story about five kernels of corn growing in the Farmer Lane. The author uses this as a religious metaphor.
Mrs. Muskrat calls a convention of all the animals that live at the Smiling Pool and the Laughing Brook. She tells them about the traps and they all agree to talk to Great-Grandfather Frog.
William seeks out his missing pupil, deciding that she is the woman destined to be his wife.
The method by which things are named is explained.
"Come away to dreamin’ town,"
A Wolf looks for an excuse to justify eating a lamb. The lamb wouldn’t give the Wolf satisfaction, so the wolf ate the lamb anyway.
The following is an account written by Emily Holder describing her memories of Fort Jefferson. They tell the poignant and often fascinating story of the hardships, isolation and drama of daily life at the Dry Tortugas in the nineteenth century.
There is a misunderstanding between the Captain and Mrs. Budd. The ship is stopped by a cruiser.
Aboard the Hispaniola, Jim confronts the drunken Israel Hands and declares that he is the captain. He throws the Jolly Roger flag overboard. After striking a deal, Hands agrees to help Jim steer the ship.
After overhearing a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Shelby, Eliza decides to take action to save Harry. Uncle Tom is told of his fate.
Higgins and Pickering attempt to make amends with Eliza.
The princess grows normally even though she is weightless. She never sees the seriousness of situations and can only laugh, although she never smiles.
There came a day at summer's full
"So we, who ‘ve supped the self–same cup,"
I am the mother of sorrows,
A couple's treatment of an aging relative changes after a comment by their son.
The author sends the reader a warning about the abuse of power and uses religious figures as examples.