Now they began to wonder and ask one another what would be the best thing to give him.

Let us give him the finest present a White Man ever had!' 'I do not think we ought to let this good man leave our land till we have given him a fine present to take with him, so that he may know we are grateful for all that he has done for us.'Īnd a little, tiny red monkey who was sitting up in a tree shouted down,Īnd then they all cried out, making a great noise, 'Yes, yes. Now the Doctor says he must go back and get the sailor another boat-because the man was poor and his ship was all he had.'Īnd the monkeys were all silent for a while, sitting quite still upon the ground and thinking hard.Īt last the Biggest Baboon got up and said, And we borrowed a boat from a sailor but it was broken on the rocks when we reached the shores of Africa. So a man lent us some biscuits and we said we would pay him when we came back. 'When we were coming to you we had no boat to cross the sea in and no money to buy food to eat on our journey. And then he told them that even he, when he was with the organ–grinder, had been made to ask the children for money.Īnd the Chief Chimpanzee turned to the Oldest Orangoutang and said, 'Cousin, surely these Men be strange creatures! Who would wish to live in such a land? My gracious, how paltry!' Then Chee–Chee told them that in the Land of the White Men you could get nothing without money you could DO nothing without money-that it was almost impossible to LIVE without money.Īnd some of them asked, 'But can you not even eat and drink without paying?'īut Chee–Chee shook his head. He owes money in Puddleby and he says he must go back and pay it.'Īnd the monkeys asked him, 'What is MONEY?' 'My friends, I am afraid it is useless to ask the Doctor to stay. Then Chee–Chee got up and all the others whispered, 'Sh! Look! Chee–Chee, the great Traveler, is about to speak!' Perhaps if we make him a new house and a bigger bed, and promise him plenty of monkey–servants to work for him and to make life pleasant for him-perhaps then he will not wish to go.' 'I think we all should go to him and ask him to stay.

'Why is it the good man is going away? Is he not happy here with us?' And that night all the monkeys got together in the jungle to talk it over.Īnd the Chief Chimpanzee rose up and said, They were very surprised at this for they had thought that he was going to stay with them forever.

Then John Dolittle told the monkeys that he must now go back to Puddleby. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today!Ĭhee–Chee stood outside the Doctor's door, keeping everybody away till he woke up. The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.

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