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XIII A Traveler Arrives |
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Presently I heard a screech from the house, and out flew Polynesia, followed by the Doctor and Jip. "Chee-Chee!--Chee-Chee!" shouted the parrot. "You've come at last! I always told the Doctor you'd find a way. How ever did you do it?" They all gathered round him shaking him by his four hands, laughing and asking him a million questions at once. Then they all started back for the house. "Run up to my bedroom, Stubbins," said the Doctor, turning to me. "You'll find a bag of peanuts in the small left-hand drawer of the bureau. I have always kept them there in case he might come back unexpectedly some day. And wait a minute--see if Dab-Dab has any bananas in the pan-try. Chee-Chee hasn't had a banana, he tells me, in two months." When I came down again to the kitchen I found everybody listening attentively to the monkey who was telling the story of his journey from Africa. |
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