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Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
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finally gave in and said he could come. Polynesia and Chee-Chee
were the only other animals to go with us. Dab-Dab was left in
charge of the house and the animal family we were to leave
behind.

Of course, as is always the way, at the last moment we kept
remembering things we had forgotten; and when we finally closed
the house up and went down the steps to the road, we were all
burdened with armfuls of odd packages.

Halfway to the river, the Doctor suddenly remembered that he had
left the stock-pot boiling on the kitchen-fire. However, we saw a
blackbird flying by who nested in our garden, and the Doctor
asked her to go back for us and tell Dab-Dab about it.

Down at the river-wall we found a great crowd waiting to see us
off.

Standing right near the gang-plank were my mother and father. I
hoped that they would not make a scene, or burst into tears or
anything like that. But as a matter of fact they behaved quite
well--for parents. My mother said something about being sure not
to get my feet wet; and my father just smiled a crooked sort of
smile, patted me on the back and wished me luck. Good-byes are
awfully uncomfortable things and I was glad when it was over and
we passed on to the ship.

We were a little surprised not to see Matthew Mugg among the
crowd. We had felt sure that he would be there; and the Doctor
had intended to give him some extra instructions about the food
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