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Title: Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary
Author: Hugh Lofting
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Title: Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary
Author: Hugh Lofting



IF you have ever read _Doctor Dolittle's Caravan_ you will remember
Pippinella, the green canary--half canary, half greenfinch--whom Doctor
Dolittle had bought from a pet shop, and how she became the prima donna
of his opera company.

In the evenings she told such fascinating stories about her life that
the Doctor said, 'You're a born story-teller, Pippinella. Would you be
willing to help me write your biography?'

Of course, Pippinella was delighted to help, so evening after evening
she related her experiences and the Doctor wrote them down, and all the
animals listened with great attention--except Gub-Gub, who sometimes