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THE¡¡LEADER¡¡OF¡¡THE¡¡LIONS



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vaccinating¡¡and¡¡vaccinating¡£



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lying¡¡on¡¡the¡¡floor¡£¡¡¡¡And¡¡one¡¡of¡¡them¡¡seemed

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do¡¡everything¡¡the¡¡Doctor¡¡tells¡¡you¡£¡¡¡¡Work

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way¡¡and¡¡thought¡¡I'd¡¡look¡¡in¡£¡¡¡¡Got¡¡any¡¡help¡¡yet£¿¡¨



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around¡¡that¡¡way¡¡this¡¡evening£»¡¡you¡¡might¡¡take

a¡¡look¡¡at¡¡him£»¡¡will¡¡you£¿¡¨



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lions¡¡and¡¡the¡¡leopards¡¡and¡¡the¡¡antelopes¡¡and

the¡¡giraffes¡¡and¡¡the¡¡zebrasall¡¡the¡¡animals¡¡of

the¡¡forests¡¡and¡¡the¡¡mountains¡¡and¡¡the¡¡plains

came¡¡to¡¡help¡¡him¡¡in¡¡his¡¡work¡£¡¡¡¡There¡¡were

so¡¡many¡¡of¡¡them¡¡that¡¡he¡¡had¡¡to¡¡send¡¡some¡¡away£»

and¡¡only¡¡kept¡¡the¡¡cleverest¡£



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get¡¡better¡£¡¡¡¡At¡¡the¡¡end¡¡of¡¡a¡¡week¡¡the¡¡big¡¡house

full¡¡of¡¡beds¡¡was¡¡half¡¡empty¡£¡¡¡¡And¡¡at¡¡the¡¡end

of¡¡the¡¡second¡¡week¡¡the¡¡last¡¡monkey¡¡had¡¡got¡¡well¡£



Then¡¡the¡¡Doctor's¡¡work¡¡was¡¡done£»¡¡and¡¡he

was¡¡so¡¡tired¡¡he¡¡went¡¡to¡¡bed¡¡and¡¡slept¡¡for¡¡three

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THE¡¡NINTH¡¡CHAPTER



THE¡¡MONKEYS'¡¡COUNCIL



CHEE¡­CHEE¡¡stood¡¡outside¡¡the¡¡Doctor's¡¡door£»¡¡keeping¡¡everybody

away¡¡till¡¡he¡¡woke¡¡up¡£¡¡¡¡Then¡¡John¡¡Dolittle¡¡told¡¡the

monkeys¡¡that¡¡he¡¡must¡¡now¡¡go¡¡back¡¡to¡¡Puddleby¡£



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