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White Elephants. Tonight we'll be reading the fourth part to Dr. Doolittle, written in 1920 by British author Hugh Lofting.

The full title being The Story of Dr. Doolittle being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing

adventures in foreign parts.

It is the first of Lofting's Dr. Doolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man

who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world.

Heu Lofting started writing the Doolittle stories

as imaginative letters to his children

from the battlefield trenches of World War I. If you'd like to start with episode one, it aired on December 2nd, 2019.

Episode 3 aired on May 27th, 2020.

Previously, the good doctor had to deal with all the monkeys.

He vaccinated the healthy bones and created a hospital for the sick ones.

Let's get cozy.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breath. The monkeys count. The Monkeys''s Council

Chiche stood outside the Doctor's door, keeping everybody away till he woke up.

Then John Doolittle told the monkeys that he must now go back to Puddleby. They were very surprised at this, for they had

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