IT seems that after Polynesia had left, Chee-Chee had grown more
homesick than ever for the Doctor and the little house in
Puddleby. At last he had made up his mind that by hook or crook
he would follow her. And one day, going down to the seashore, he
saw a lot of people, black and white, getting on to a ship that
was coming to England. He tried to get on too. But they turned
him back and drove him away. And presently he noticed a whole
big family of funny people passing on to the ship. And one of the
children in this family reminded Chee-Chee of a cousin of his
with whom he had once been in love. So he said to himself, "That
girl looks just as much like a monkey as I look like a girl. If I
could only get some clothes to wear I might easily slip on to the
ship amongst these families, and people would take me for a girl.
Good idea!"

So he went off to a town that was quite close, and hopping in
through an open window he found a skirt and bodice lying on a
chair. They belonged to a fashionable black lady who was taking a
bath. Chee-Chee put them on. Next he went back to the seashore,
mingled with the crowd there and at last sneaked safely on to the
big ship. Then he thought he had better hide, for fear people
might look at him too closely. And he stayed hidden all the time
the ship was sailing to England--only coming out at night, when
everybody was asleep, to find food.

When he reached England and tried to get off the ship, the
sailors saw at last that he was only a monkey dressed up in
girl's clothes; and they wanted to keep him for a pet. But he
managed to give them the slip; and once he was on shore, he dived