And Tommy finds himself accompanying the good doctor on an exciting, hazardous voyage to find Long Arrow, a native American and the son of Golden Arrow, who is reputed to be the greatest living naturalist in the world.The kind hearted, quirky, animal rights activist Doctor Dolittle dominates the plot. The mysterious disappearance of a friend of the doctor's called Luke the Hermit sets off a train of strange events. The remarkable talking parrot, Polynesia and other amazing creatures from the previous book also appear in this sequel. Tommy and the doctor quickly become friends, and the boy soon learns how to communicate with animals in their own languages.
The boy who was the son of the village cobbler first meets Doctor Dolittle when he takes a hurt squirrel to the doctor for treatment. The story is structured as a first person account given by Tommy, who is now a very old man. The delightfully eccentric Doctor Dolittle, rendered immortal on screen by the gifted Rex Harrison, has remained a firm favorite with generations of children ever since he made his debut in an earlier novel, The Story of Doctor Dolittle.In his second outing titledThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the maverick physician takes on a new assistant, Tommy Stubbins.
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