The Story of Dr Dolittle / История доктора Дулиттла. 5 класс - стр. 6

But the parrot just laughed.

“Stop laughing and come here at once. I want to see you,” said the King.

“Foolish King!” answered Polynesia. “Have you forgotten that you are talking to John Dolittle, M.D. – the most wonderful man on earth? Of course you cannot see me. I am invisible now. There is nothing I cannot do.[9] And if you don’t let me and my animals travel through your kingdom, I will make you and all your people sick like the monkeys. Send your soldiers at once to open the prison door, or you will have mumps.”

Then the King began to tremble and was very much afraid. “Doctor,” he cried, “I will do as you say!” And he jumped out of bed and ran to tell the soldiers to open the prison door.

As soon as he went away, Polynesia left the palace by the window. But the Queen, who returned from the dance, saw the parrot getting out through the window. And when the King came back to bed she told him about it. Then the King understood everything, and he was very angry. The parrot tricked him! So he ran back to the prison at once. But he was too late. The door stood open. The prison was empty. The Doctor and all his animals were gone.

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