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Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

by Hugh LOFTING (1886 - 1947)

Part I Chapter 7 - The Animals' Paradise

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the exciting third in the series of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. As usual, the Doctor has many adventures while helping his animal friends and the people he meets. At the start book, Doctor Dolittle gets help from the sea birds to help to capture a notorious slave trader and free his captives, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. He does this of course with the help of all his animal friends especially the birds. He discovers a hidden island populated by peace loving creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a quaint and personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere. ..Whew! what an adventure! .

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Listen next episodes of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office:
Part I Chapter 8 - The Swiftest Mail in the World , Part II Chapter 1 - A Most Unusual Post Office , Part II Chapter 2 - Cheapside , Part II chapter 3 - The Birds That Helped Columbus , Part II Chapter 4 - Cape Stephen Light , Part II Chapter 5 - Gulls and Ships , Part II Chapter 6 - Weather Bureaus , Part II Chapter 7 - Teaching by Mail , Part III Chapter 1 - The Animals' Magazine , Part III Chapter 2 - The Doctor's Story , Part III Chapter 3 - Gub-Gub's Story , Part III Chapter 4 - Dab-Dab's Story , Part III Chapter 5 - The White Mouse's Story , Part III Chapter 6 - Jip's Story , Part III Chapter 7 - Too-Too's Story , Part III Chapter 8 - The Pushmi-Pullyu's Story , Part IV Chapter 1 - Parcel Post , Part IV Chapter 10 - The Postmaster-General's Last Order , Part IV Chapter 11 - Good-bye to Fantippo , Part IV Chapter 2 - The Great Mail Robbery , Part IV Chapter 3 - Pearls and Brussels Sprouts , Part IV Chapter 4 - Pearl Divers , Part IV Chapter 5 - Obombo's Rebellion , Part IV Chapter 6 - The Doctor's Release , Part IV Chapter 7 - A Mysterious Letter , Part IV Chapter 8 - The Land of the Mangrove Swamps , Part IV Chapter 9 - The Secret Lake