Tommy Stubbins: But, the North Pole hasn't been discovered yet? Dr. Dolittle: Unfortunately, there isn't time. Tommy Stubbins: What do you want us to do? Go to the North Pole? Dr. Dolittle: What for? Emma Fairfax: What for?! For a man I know who is clever and kindīut a man who never, ever seems to know his mind Dolittle: Waiting? Emma Fairfax: Waiting. While the moon has glistened and a million stars have gleamed. Dolittle: What do you mean, say what I mean? Emma Fairfax: For a month or more Dolittle: What? Emma Fairfax: I mean, why don't you say what you mean? Dr. oh, I did.Įmma Fairfax: What are you trying to say? Dr. Matthew Mugg: Who wrote the book, Doctor? Dr. Dolittle: This fellow obviously knows what he's talking about. Emma Fairfax: Well, the simple answer then is to treat me like a man. Matthew Mugg: Good thinking, Doctor.Įmma Fairfax: I promise to ask for no special privileges. Otherwise, when we get there, we won't know we've arrived. But, as one place is as good as another, it is high time we decided. Emma Fairfax: And where do you expect to find it? Dr. Dolittle: And I, madame, find it equally hard to believe that a grown woman would spend her entire life doing absolutely nothing.Įmma Fairfax: Well, where are we going? Tommy Stubbins: To hunt for the great pink sea snail. Emma Fairfax: In any case, I find it hard to believe that a grown man can waste his entire life playing with animals, in the first place. Furthermore, I would deem it a favor if, in the future, you and your bloodthirsty relatives would avoid coming here and upsetting the animals. What did you wish to say? Emma Fairfax: Oh, I've forgotten! Dr. Dolittle: But, animals are so much more fun than people!Įmma Fairfax: Don't keep interrupting me! Dr. Matthew Mugg: You know, the trouble with you Doctor Dolittle, is you prefer animals to people. Dolittle: I've come to the conclusion, with the possible exception of yourself, I have nothing in common with the human race. Tommy Stubbins: Talk to them? Matthew Mugg: Speaks their language, he does. Tommy Stubbins: What does he do? Matthew Mugg: He's a genius, that's what he does. Lives right here in Puddleby, he does, out in the Ox and Hog Road. Tommy Stubbins: Who is John Dolittle? Matthew Mugg: John Dolittle is the greatest animal doctor in the world today and a close personal friend of Matthew Mugg. I mean, the whole secret of my success with the fish barrow was years of planning ahead. Matthew Mugg: Aw, well now, you see, you have to plan ahead! It's very important. Matthew Mugg: Then if you sell your grandfather's watch and we go to China, how are you going to tell the time? Tommy Stubbins: I never thought of that. But, don't you see the problem? Tommy Stubbins: What's that? Matthew Mugg: Well, do you speak Chinese? Tommy Stubbins: No. They're not to be trusted.ĭialogue Tommy Stubbins: I was thinking, that if you sold your fish barrow and I sold my grandfather's watch, we could buy a boat and go to China! Matthew Mugg: Oh, you're the middle of two ends of a fine fella, Tom, and it's a beautiful proposition. You should never believe anybody who goes around telling the truth.Except in prison there's less chance of drowning. You know, bein' is prison is much the same as being on a boat.At the moment, I can only make big bubbles and they keep on telling me I'm shouting. It's fascinating! The basic system is mouth movements and bubbles signals. These fish languages, they really only work underwater.One of us opens the atlas at random, sticks a pin in the open page, wherever it lands, that's where we go. Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace. Has so little love for creatures with a different face. Absolutely, fascinating! There's no doubt about it, animals are much more interesting than people. Did you know that an ant has more intelligence than a hippopotamus? And that a grasshopper, in relation to his size, has more power in his hind legs than a kangaroo.
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