Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle's Circus Hugh Lofting

This is the story of that part of Doctor Dolittle's adventures which came about through his joining and traveling with a circus. He had not planned in the beginning to follow this life for any considerable time. His intention had only been to take the pushmi-pullyu out on show long enough to make sufficient money to pay the sailor back for the boat which had been borrowed and wrecked. But a remark Too-Too had made was true; it was not so hard for John Dolittle to become rich-for indeed he was easily satisfied where money was concerned-but it was a very different matter for him to remain rich. Dab-Dab used to say that during the years she had known him he had, to her knowledge, been quite well off five or six times; but that the more money he had, the sooner you could expect him to be poor again.