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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh LOFTING (1886 - 1947)

Part 1 Ch. 4 The Wiff-Waff

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.(summary from Wikipedia)

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Listen next episodes of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle:
Part 1 Ch. 10 The Private Zoo , Part 1 Ch. 11 My Schoolmaster, Polynesia , Part 1 Ch. 12 My Great Idea , Part 1 Ch. 13 A Traveler Arrives , Part 1 Ch. 14 Chee-Chee's Voyage , Part 1 Ch. 15 I Become A Doctor's Assistant , Part 1 Ch. 5 Polynesia , Part 1 Ch. 6 The Wounded Squirrel , Part 1 Ch. 7 Shellfish Talk , Part 1 Ch. 8 Are you a Good Noticer? , Part 1 Ch. 9 The Garden of Dreams , Part 2 Ch. 1 The Crew of "The Curlew" , Part 2 Ch. 10 Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow , Part 2 Ch. 11 Blind Travel , Part 2 Ch. 12 Destiny and Destination , Part 2 Ch. 2 Luke the Hermit , Part 2 Ch. 3 Jip and the Secret , Part 2 Ch. 4 Bob , Part 2 Ch. 5 Mendoza , Part 2 Ch. 6 The Judge's Dog , Part 2 Ch. 7 The End of the Mystery , Part 2 Ch. 8 Three Cheers , Part 2 Ch. 9 The Purple BIrd-of-Paradise , Part 3 Ch. 1 The Third Man , Part 3 Ch. 2 Good-Bye! , Part 3 Ch. 3 Our Troubles Begin , Part 3 Ch. 4 Our Troubles Continue , Part 3 Ch. 5 Polynesia Has a Plan , Part 3 Ch. 6 The Bed-maker of Monteverde , Part 3 Ch. 7 The Doctor's Wager , Part 3 Ch. 8 The Great Bullfight , Part 3 Ch. 9 We Depart in a Hurry , Part 4 Ch. 1 Shellfish Languages Again , Part 4 Ch. 2 The Fidgit's Story , Part 4 Ch. 3 Bad Weather , Part 4 Ch. 4 Wrecked! , Part 4 Ch. 5 Land! , Part 4 Ch. 6 The Jabizri , Part 4 Ch. 7 Hawk's-head Mountain , Part 5 Ch. 1 A Great Moment , Part 5 Ch. 10 The Coronation of King Jong , Part 5 Ch. 2 "The Men of the Moving, Land" , Part 5 Ch. 3 Fire , Part 5 Ch. 4 What Makes an Island Float , Part 5 Ch. 5 War! , Part 5 Ch. 6 General Polynesia , Part 5 Ch. 7 The Peace of the Parrots , Part 5 Ch. 8 The Hanging Stone , Part 5 Ch. 9 The Election , Part 6 Ch. 1 New Popsipetel , Part 6 Ch. 2 Thoughts of Home , Part 6 Ch. 3 The Red Man's Science , Part 6 Ch. 4 The Sea-Serpent , Part 6 Ch. 5 The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last , Part 6 Ch. 6 The Last Cabinet Meeting , Part 6 Ch. 7 The Doctor's Decision