he took off his bodice and skirt, jumped on them savagely and
began kicking them round the front garden.

Presently I heard a screech from the house, and out flew
Polynesia, followed by the Doctor and Jip.

"Chee-Chee!--Chee-Chee!" shouted the parrot. "You've come at
last! I always told the Doctor you'd find a way. How ever did
you do it?"

They all gathered round him shaking him by his four hands,
laughing and asking him a million questions at once. Then they
all started back for the house.

"Run up to my bedroom, Stubbins," said the Doctor, turning to me.
"You'll find a bag of peanuts in the small left-hand drawer of
the bureau. I have always kept them there in case he might come
back unexpectedly some day. And wait a minute--see if Dab-Dab
has any bananas in the pan-try. Chee-Chee hasn't had a banana, he
tells me, in two months."

When I came down again to the kitchen I found everybody listening
attentively to the monkey who was telling the story of his
journey from Africa.



THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER

CHEE-CHEE'S VOYAGE