| 1 | | rai0001 WHEN THE SUNLIGHT STRIKES RAINDROPS IN THE AIR THEY ACT AS A PRISM AND |
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| 2 | | rai0002 FORM A RAINBOW THE RAINBOW IS A DIVISION OF |
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| 3 | | rai0003 LIGHT WHITE LIGHT INTO MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORS |
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| 4 | | rai0004 THESE TAKE THE SHAPE OF A LONG ROUND ARCH |
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| 5 | | rai0005 WITH ITS PATH HIGH ABOVE |
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| 6 | | rai0006 AND ITS TWO ENDS APPARENTLY BEYOND THE HORIZON |
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| 7 | | rai0007 THERE IS ACCORDING TO LEGEND A BOILING POT OF |
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| 8 | | rai0008 GOLD AT ONE END PEOPLE LOOK BUT NO ONE EVER |
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| 9 | | rai0009 FINDS IT WHEN A MAN LOOKS FOR SOMETHING BEYOND HIS REACH |
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| 10 | | rai0010 HIS FRIENDS SAY HE IS LOOKING FOR THE POT OF |
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| 11 | | rai0011 GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW |
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| 12 | | rai0012 THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES PEOPLE HAVE EXPLAINED THE RAINBOW IN VARIOUS WAYS |
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| 13 | | rai0013 SOME HAVE ACCEPTED IT AS A MIRACLE WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXPLANATIONS |
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| 14 | | rai0014 TO THE HEBREWS IT WAS A TOKEN THAT THERE WOULD BE |
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| 15 | | rai0015 NO MORE UNIVERSAL FLOODS THE GREEKS USED TO IMAGINE |
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| 16 | | rai0016 THAT IT WAS A SIGN FROM THE GODS TO FORETELL |
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| 17 | | rai0017 WAR OR HEAVY RAIN THE NORSEMEN CONSIDERED THE RAINBOW |
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| 18 | | rai0018 AS A BRIDGE OVER WHICH THE GODS PASSED FROM EARTH TO THEIR HOME IN THE SKY |
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| 19 | | rai0019 OTHERS HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON PHYSICALLY |
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| 20 | | rai0020 ARISTOTLE THOUGHT THAT THE RAINBOW WAS CAUSED BY REFLECTION |
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| 21 | | rai0021 OF THE SUN'S RAYS BY THE RAIN |
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| 22 | | rai0022 SINCE THEN PHYSICISTS HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS NOT |
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| 23 | | rai0023 REFLECTION BUT REFRACTION BY THE RAINDROPS WHICH CAUSES THE RAINBOWS |
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| 24 | | rai0024 MANY COMPLICATED IDEAS ABOUT THE RAINBOW HAVE BEEN |
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| 25 | | rai0025 FORMED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RAINBOW DEPENDS CONSIDERABLY UPON THE SIZE OF THE DROPS |
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| 26 | | rai0026 AND THE WIDTH OF THE COLORED BAND INCREASES AS THE SIZE OF THE DROPS INCREASES |
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| 27 | | rai0027 THE ACTUAL PRIMARY RAINBOW OBSERVED IS SAID TO BE THE EFFECT |
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| 28 | | rai0028 OF SUPER IMPOSITION OF A NUMBER OF BOWS |
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| 29 | | rai0029 IF THE RED |
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| 30 | | rai0030 OF THE SECOND BOW FALLS UPON THE GREEN OF THE FIRST THE |
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| 31 | | rai0031 RESULT IS TO GIVE A BOW WITH A |
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| 32 | | rai0032 ABNORMALLY WIDE YELLOW BAND SINCE RED AND GREEN LIGHT |
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| 33 | | rai0033 WHEN MIXED FORM YELLOW THIS IS NOT |
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| 34 | | rai0034 THIS IS A VERY COMMON TYPE OF BOW |
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| 35 | | rai0035 ONE SHOWING MAINLY RED AND YELLOW WITH |
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| 36 | | rai0036 LITTLE OR NO GREEN OR BLUE |
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| | 1 | voy0001 THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN |
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| | 2 | voy0002 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG RECORDED BY CHRIS GORINGE |
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| | 3 | voy0003 THE VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE BY HUGH LOFTING PART FOUR CHAPTER TWO |
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| | 4 | voy0004 THE FIDGIT'S STORY WELL NOW THAT HE WAS STARTED ONCE MORE UPON HIS OLD HOBBY OF THE SHELLFISH LANGUAGES THERE |
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| | 5 | voy0005 WAS NO STOPPING THE DOCTOR HE WORKED RIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT |
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| | 6 | voy0006 A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT I FELL ASLEEP IN A CHAIR ABOUT TWO IN THE MORNING |
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| | 7 | voy0007 BUMPO FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND FOR FIVE HOURS THE CURLEW WAS ALLOWED TO DRIFT WHERE SHE LIKED |
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| | 8 | voy0008 BUT STILL JOHN DOLITTLE WORKED ON TRYING HIS HARDEST TO UNDERSTAND THE FIDGIT'S LANGUAGE |
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| | 9 | voy0009 STRUGGLING TO MAKE THE FIDGIT UNDERSTAND HIM WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT AGAIN |
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| | 10 | voy0010 THE DOCTOR WAS STILL STANDING AT THE LISTENING TANK LOOKING AS TIRED AS |
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| | 11 | voy0011 AN OWL AND DREADFULLY WET BUT ON HIS FACE THERE WAS A PROUD |
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| | 12 | voy0012 AND HAPPY SMILE STUBBINS HE SAID AS SOON AS HE SAW ME STIR I'VE |
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| | 13 | voy0013 DONE IT I'VE GOT THE KEY TO THE FIDGIT'S LANGUAGE IT'S A |
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| | 14 | voy0014 FRIGHTFULLY DIFFICULT LANGUAGE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I EVER HEARD |
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| | 15 | voy0015 THE ONLY THING IT REMINDS ME OF SLIGHTLY IS ANCIENT HEBREW |
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| | 16 | voy0016 IT ISN'T SHELLFISH BUT IT'S A BIG STEP TOWARDS IT NOW THE NEXT THING |
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| | 17 | voy0017 I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PENCIL AND A FRESH NOTEBOOK AND WRITE DOWN |
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| | 18 | voy0018 EVERYTHING I SAY THE FIDGIT HAS PROMISED TO TELL ME THE STORY OF HIS LIFE |
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| | 19 | voy0019 I WILL TRANSLATE IT INTO ENGLISH AND YOU PUT IT DOWN IN THE BOOK ARE |
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| | 20 | voy0020 YOU READY ONCE MORE THE DOCTOR LOWERED HIS EAR BENEATH THE LEVEL OF THE WATER |
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| | 21 | voy0021 AND AS HE BEGAN TO SPEAK I STARTED TO WRITE AND THIS IS THE STORY |
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| | 22 | voy0022 THAT THE FIDGIT TOLD US THIRTEEN MONTHS IN AN AQUARIUM |
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| | 23 | voy0023 I WAS BORN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN CLOSE TO THE COAST OF CHILE |
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| | 24 | voy0024 I WAS ONE OF A FAMILY OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN |
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| | 25 | voy0025 SOON AFTER OUR MOTHER AND FATHER LEFT US WE YOUNGSTERS GOT SCATTERED |
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| | 26 | voy0026 THE FAMILY WAS BROKEN UP BY A HERD OF WHALES WHO CHASED US |
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| | 27 | voy0027 I AND MY SISTER CLIPPA SHE WAS MY FAVORITE SISTER |
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| | 28 | voy0028 HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE FOR OUR LIVES AS A RULE |
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| | 29 | voy0029 WHALES ARE NOT VERY HARD TO GET AWAY FROM IF YOU ARE GOOD AT DODGING |
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| | 30 | voy0030 IF YOU'VE ONLY GOT A QUICK SWERVE BUT THIS ONE THAT CAME AFTER CLIPPA AND MYSELF WAS |
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| | 31 | voy0031 A VERY MEAN WHALE EVERY TIME HE LOST US UNDER A STONE OR SOMETHING |
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| | 32 | voy0032 HE'D COME BACK AND HUNT AND HUNT TILL HE ROUTED US OUT INTO THE OPEN AGAIN |
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| | 33 | voy0033 I NEVER SAW SUCH A NASTY PERSEVERING BRUTE WELL WE SHOOK HIM AT LAST |
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| | 34 | voy0034 THOUGH NOT BEFORE HE HAD WORRIED US FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES NORTHWARD |
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| | 35 | voy0035 UP THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA BUT LUCK WAS AGAINST US THAT DAY |
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| | 36 | voy0036 WHILE WE WERE RESTING AND TRYING TO GET OUR BREATH |
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| | 37 | voy0037 ANOTHER FAMILY OF FIDGITS CAME RUSHING BY SHOUTING COME ON SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES THE DOG FISH ARE COMING |
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| | 38 | voy0038 NOW DOG FISH ARE PARTICULARLY FOND OF FIDGITS WE ARE YOU MIGHT SAY THEIR FAVORITE FOOD |
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| | 39 | voy0039 AND FOR THAT REASON WE ALWAYS KEEP AWAY FROM DEEP MUDDY WATERS WHAT'S MORE |
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| | 40 | voy0040 DOG FISH ARE NOT EASY TO ESCAPE FROM THEY ARE TERRIBLY FAST AND CLEVER HUNTERS |
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| | 41 | voy0041 SO UP WE HAD TO JUMP AND ON AGAIN |
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| | 42 | voy0042 AFTER WE HAD GONE A FEW MORE HUNDRED MILES WE LOOKED BACK |
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| | 43 | voy0043 AND SAW THAT THE DOG FISH WERE GAINING ON US |
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| | 44 | voy0044 SO WE TURNED INTO A HARBOR IT HAPPENED TO BE ONE ON THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| | 45 | voy0045 HERE WE GUESSED AND HOPED THE DOG FISH WOULD NOT BE LIKELY TO FOLLOW US |
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| | 46 | voy0046 AS IT HAPPENED THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEE US TURN IN BUT DASHED ON NORTHWARD |
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| | 47 | voy0047 AND WE NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN I HOPE THEY FROZE TO DEATH |
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| | 48 | voy0048 IN THE ARCTIC SEAS BUT AS I SAID LUCK WAS AGAINST US THAT |
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| | 49 | voy0049 DAY WHILE I AND MY SISTER WERE CRUISING GENTLY ROUND THE SHIPS ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR |
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| | 50 | voy0050 LOOKING FOR ORANGE PEELS A GREAT DELICACY WITH US SWOOP BANG |
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| | 51 | voy0051 WE WERE CAUGHT IN A NET WE STRUGGLED FOR ALL WE WERE WORTH BUT IT WAS NO USE |
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| | 52 | voy0052 THE NET WAS SMALL MESHED AND STRONGLY MADE |
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| | 53 | voy0053 KICKING AND FLIPPING WE WERE HAULED UP THE SIDE OF THE SHIP AND DUMPED DOWN ON THE DECK |
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| | 54 | voy0054 HIGH AND DRY IN A BLAZING NOON DAY SUN |
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| | 55 | voy0055 HERE A COUPLE OF OLD MEN IN WHISKERS AND SPECTACLES LEANT OVER US MAKING STRANGE SOUNDS |
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| | 56 | voy0056 SOME CODLING HAD GOT CAUGHT IN THE NET THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE |
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| | 57 | voy0057 THESE THE OLD MEN THREW BACK INTO THE SEA BUT US THEY SEEMED TO THINK VERY PRECIOUS |
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| | 58 | voy0058 THEY PUT US CAREFULLY INTO A LARGE JAR AND AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN US ON SHORE |
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| | 59 | voy0059 THEY WENT TO A BIG HOUSE AND CHANGED US FROM THE JAR |
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| | 60 | voy0060 INTO GLASS BOXES FULL OF WATER THIS HOUSE WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE HARBOR |
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| | 61 | voy0061 AND A SMALL STREAM OF SEA WATER WAS MADE TO FLOW THROUGH THE GLASS TANK SO WE COULD BREATHE PROPERLY |
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| | 62 | voy0062 OF COURSE WE HAD NEVER LIVED INSIDE GLASS WALLS BEFORE |
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| | 63 | voy0063 AND AT FIRST WE KEPT ON TRYING TO SWIM THROUGH THEM AND GOT OUR NOSES |
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| | 64 | voy0064 AWFULLY SORE BUMPING THE GLASS AT FULL SPEED THEN FOLLOWED WEEKS AND WEEKS OF WEARY IDLENESS |
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| | 65 | voy0065 THEY TREATED US WELL SO FAR AS THEY KNEW HOW |
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| | 66 | voy0066 THE OLD FELLOWS IN SPECTACLES CAME AND LOOKED AT US PROUDLY TWICE A DAY AND SAW |
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| | 67 | voy0067 THAT WE HAD THE PROPER FOOD TO EAT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF LIGHT AND |
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| | 68 | voy0068 THAT THE WATER WAS NOT TOO HOT OR TOO COLD BUT OH THE |
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| | 69 | voy0069 DULLNESS OF THAT LIFE IT SEEMED WE WERE A KIND OF A SHOW |
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| | 70 | voy0070 AT A CERTAIN HOUR EVERY MORNING THE BIG DOORS OF THE HOUSE WERE THROWN OPEN |
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| | 71 | voy0071 AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY WHO HAD NOTHING SPECIAL TO DO CAME IN AND LOOKED AT US |
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| | 72 | voy0072 THERE WERE OTHER TANKS FILLED WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISHES ALL ROUND THE WALLS OF THE BIG ROOM AND |
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| | 73 | voy0073 THE CROWDS WOULD GO FROM TANK TO TANK |
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| | 74 | voy0074 LOOKING IN AT US THROUGH THE GLASS WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN LIKE HALF WITTED |
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| | 75 | voy0075 FLOUNDERS WE GOT SO SICK OF IT THAT WE USED TO OPEN OUR MOUTHS BACK AT THEM AND |
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| | 76 | voy0076 THIS THEY SEEMED TO THINK HIGHLY COMICAL ONE DAY MY SISTER SAID TO ME |
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| | 77 | voy0077 THINK YOU BROTHER THAT THESE STRANGE CREATURES WHO HAVE CAPTURED US CAN TALK |
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| | 78 | voy0078 SURELY SAID I HAVE YOU NOT NOTICED THAT SOME TALK WITH THE LIPS ONLY |
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| | 79 | voy0079 SOME WITH THE WHOLE FACE AND YET OTHERS DISCOURSE WITH THE HANDS |
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| | 80 | voy0080 WHEN THEY COME QUITE CLOSE TO THE GLASS YOU CAN HEAR THEM LISTEN |
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| | 81 | voy0081 AT THAT MOMENT A FEMALE LARGER THAN THE REST |
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| | 82 | voy0082 PRESSED HER NOSE UP AGAINST THE GLASS POINTED AT ME AND SAID TO HER YOUNG BEHIND HER |
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| | 83 | voy0083 OH LOOK HERE'S A QUEER ONE AND THEN WE NOTICED THAT THEY NEARLY ALWAYS SAID THIS |
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| | 84 | voy0084 WHEN THEY LOOKED IN AND FOR A LONG TIME WE |
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| | 85 | voy0085 THOUGHT THAT SUCH WAS THE WHOLE EXTENT OF THE LANGUAGE |
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| | 86 | voy0086 THIS BEING A PEOPLE OF BUT FEW IDEAS TO |
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| | 87 | voy0087 HELP PASS AWAY THE WEARY HOURS WE LEARNED IT BY HEART OH LOOK |
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| | 88 | voy0088 HERE'S A QUEER ONE BUT WE NEVER GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANT |
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| | 89 | voy0089 OTHER PHRASES HOWEVER WE DID GET THE MEANING OF |
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| | 90 | voy0090 AND WE EVEN LEARNED TO READ A LITTLE IN MAN TALK |
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| | 91 | voy0091 MANY BIG SIGNS THERE WERE SET UP UPON THE WALLS AND WHEN WE SAW THAT |
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| | 92 | voy0092 THE KEEPERS STOPPED THE PEOPLE FROM SPITTING AND SMOKING |
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| | 93 | voy0093 POINTED TO THESE SIGNS ANGRILY AND READ THEM OUT LOUD |
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| | 94 | voy0094 WE KNEW THEN THAT THESE WRITINGS SIGNIFIED NO SMOKING AND DON'T SPIT |
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| | 95 | voy0095 THEN IN THE EVENINGS AFTER THE CROWD HAD GONE THE SAME AGED MALE |
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| | 96 | voy0096 WITH ONE LEG OF WOOD SWEPT UP THE PEANUT SHELLS WITH A BROOM EVERY NIGHT AND |
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| | 97 | voy0097 WHILE HE WAS SO DOING HE ALWAYS WHISTLED THE SAME TUNE TO HIMSELF |
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| | 98 | voy0098 THIS MELODY WE RATHER LIKED AND WE LEARNED THAT TOO BY HEART |
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| | 99 | voy0099 THINKING IT WAS PART OF THE LANGUAGE THUS A WHOLE YEAR WENT BY IN THIS DISMAL PLACE |
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| | 100 | voy0100 SOME DAYS NEW FISHES WERE BROUGHT IN TO THE OTHER TANKS |
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| | 101 | voy0101 AND OTHER DAYS OLD FISHES WERE TAKEN OUT |
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| | 102 | voy0102 AT FIRST WE HAD HOPED WE WOULD ONLY BE KEPT HERE FOR A WHILE AND |
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| | 103 | voy0103 THAT AFTER WE HAD BEEN LOOKED AT SUFFICIENTLY WE WOULD BE RETURNED TO FREEDOM AND THE SEA |
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| | 104 | voy0104 BUT AS MONTH AFTER MONTH WENT BY AND WE WERE LEFT UNDISTURBED |
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| | 105 | voy0105 OUR HEARTS GREW HEAVY WITHIN OUR PRISON WALLS OF GLASS AND WE SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER |
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| | 106 | voy0106 LESS AND LESS ONE DAY WHEN THE CROWD WAS THICKEST IN THE BIG ROOM |
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| | 107 | voy0107 A WOMAN WITH A RED FACE FAINTED FROM THE HEAT I WATCHED THROUGH THE GLASS |
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| | 108 | voy0108 AND SAW THAT THE REST OF THE PEOPLE GOT HIGHLY EXCITED |
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| | 109 | voy0109 THOUGH TO ME IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE A MATTER OF VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE |
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| | 110 | voy0110 THEY THREW COLD WATER ON HER AND CARRIED HER OUT INTO THE OPEN AIR |
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| | 111 | voy0111 THIS MADE ME THINK MIGHTILY AND PRESENTLY A GREAT IDEA BURST UPON ME |
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| | 112 | voy0112 SISTER I SAID TURNING TO POOR CLIPPA WHO WAS SULKING AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR PRISON |
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| | 113 | voy0113 TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND A STONE FROM THE STUPID GAZE OF THE CHILDREN WHO |
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| | 114 | voy0114 THRONGED ABOUT OUR TANK SUPPOSING THAT WE PRETENDED WE WERE SICK |
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| | 115 | voy0115 DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD TAKE US ALSO FROM THIS STUFFY HOUSE BROTHER |
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| | 116 | voy0116 SAID SHE WEARILY THAT THEY MIGHT DO BUT MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD |
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| | 117 | voy0117 THROW US ON A RUBBISH HEAP WHERE WE WOULD DIE IN THE HOT SUN |
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| | 118 | voy0118 BUT SAID I WHY SHOULD THEY GO ABROAD TO SEEK A RUBBISH HEAP |
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| | 119 | voy0119 WHEN THE HARBOR IS SO CLOSE |
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| | 120 | voy0120 WHILE WE WERE BEING BROUGHT HERE I SAW MEN THROWING THEIR RUBBISH INTO THE WATER |
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| | 121 | voy0121 IF THEY WOULD ONLY THROW US ALSO THERE WE COULD QUICKLY REACH THE SEA |
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| | 122 | voy0122 THE SEA MURMURED POOR CLIPPA WITH A FARAWAY LOOK IN HER EYES |
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| | 123 | voy0123 SHE HAD FINE EYES HAD MY SISTER CLIPPA HOW LIKE A DREAM IT SOUNDS THE SEA |
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| | 124 | voy0124 OH BROTHER WILL WE EVER SWIM IN IT AGAIN THINK YOU |
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| | 125 | voy0125 EVERY NIGHT AS I LIE AWAKE ON THE FLOOR OF THIS EVIL SMELLING DUNGEON |
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| | 126 | voy0126 I HEAR ITS HEARTY VOICE RINGING IN MY EARS HOW I HAVE LONGED FOR IT |
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| | 127 | voy0127 JUST TO FEEL IT ONCE AGAIN THE NICE BIG WHOLESOME HOMELINESS OF IT ALL |
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| | 128 | voy0128 TO JUMP JUST TO JUMP FROM THE CREST OF AN ATLANTIC WAVE LAUGHING IN THE TRADE WIND'S SPINDRIFT |
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| | 129 | voy0129 DOWN INTO THE BLUE GREEN SWIRLING TROUGH |
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| | 130 | voy0130 TO CHASE THE SHRIMPS ON A SUMMER EVENING WHEN THE SKY IS RED AND THE LIGHT'S ALL PINK WITHIN THE FOAM |
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| | 131 | voy0131 TO LIE ON THE TOP IN THE DOLDRUMS NOONDAY CALM AND WARM YOUR TUMMY IN THE TROPIC SUN |
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| | 132 | voy0132 TO WANDER HAND IN HAND ONCE MORE THROUGH THE GIANT SEAWEED |
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| | 133 | voy0133 FORESTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN SEEKING THE DELICIOUS EGGS OF THE POP POP |
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| | 134 | voy0134 TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK AMONG THE CASTLES OF THE CORAL TOWNS |
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| | 135 | voy0135 WITH THEIR PEARL AND JASPER WINDOWS SPANGLING THE FLOOR OF THE SPANISH MAIN |
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| | 136 | voy0136 TO PICNIC IN THE ANEMONE MEADOWS DIM BLUE AND LILAC GRAY |
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| | 137 | voy0137 THAT LIE IN THE LOWLANDS BEYOND THE SOUTH SEA GARDEN |
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| | 138 | voy0138 TO THROW SOMERSAULTS ON THE SPRINGY SPONGE BEDS OF THE MEXICAN GULF |
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| | 139 | voy0139 TO POKE ABOUT AMONG THE DEAD SHIPS AND SEE WHAT WONDERS AND ADVENTURES LIE INSIDE |
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| | 140 | voy0140 AND THEN ON WINTER NIGHTS WHEN THE NORTHEASTER WHIPS THE WATER INTO FROTH |
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| | 141 | voy0141 TO SWOOP DOWN AND DOWN TO GET AWAY FROM THE COLD |
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| | 142 | voy0142 DOWN TO WHERE THE WATER'S WARM AND DARK |
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| | 143 | voy0143 DOWN AND STILL DOWN TILL WE SPY THE TWINKLE OF THE FIRE EELS |
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| | 144 | voy0144 FAR BELOW WHERE OUR FRIENDS AND COUSINS SIT CHATTING ROUND THE COUNCIL GROTTO |
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| | 145 | voy0145 CHATTING BROTHER OVER THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE SEA OH AND |
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| | 146 | voy0146 THEN SHE BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY SNIFFLING STOP IT I SAID YOU MAKE ME HOMESICK |
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| | 147 | voy0147 LOOK HERE LET'S PRETEND WE'RE SICK OR BETTER STILL LET'S PRETEND WE'RE DEAD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS |
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| | 148 | voy0148 IF THEY THROW US ON A RUBBISH HEAP AND WE FRY IN THE SUN |
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| | 149 | voy0149 WE'LL NOT BE MUCH WORSE OFF THAN WE ARE HERE IN THIS SMELLY PRISON |
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| | 150 | voy0150 WHAT DO YOU SAY WILL YOU RISK IT I WILL SHE SAID AND GLADLY |
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| | 151 | voy0151 SO NEXT MORNING TWO FIDGITS WERE FOUND BY THE KEEPER |
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| | 152 | voy0152 FLOATING ON THE TOP OF THE WATER IN THEIR TANK STIFF AND DEAD |
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| | 153 | voy0153 WE GAVE A MIGHTY GOOD IMITATION OF DEAD FISH ALTHOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF |
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| | 154 | voy0154 THE KEEPER RAN AND GOT THE OLD GENTLEMEN WITH SPECTACLES AND WHISKERS THEY |
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| | 155 | voy0155 THREW UP THEIR HANDS IN HORROR WHEN THEY SAW US |
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| | 156 | voy0156 LIFTING US CAREFULLY OUT OF THE WATER THEY LAID US ON WET CLOTHS |
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| | 157 | voy0157 THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF ALL |
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| | 158 | voy0158 IF YOU'RE A FISH AND GET TAKEN OUT OF THE WATER YOU HAVE TO KEEP OPENING AND SHUTTING YOUR MOUTH |
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| | 159 | voy0159 TO BREATHE AT ALL AND EVEN THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP UP FOR LONG |
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| | 160 | voy0160 AND ALL THIS TIME WE HAD TO STAY STIFF AS STICKS AND BREATHE SILENTLY |
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| | 161 | voy0161 THROUGH HALF CLOSED LIPS WELL THE OLD FELLOWS POKED US AND |
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| | 162 | voy0162 FELT US AND PINCHED US TILL I THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER BE DONE |
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| | 163 | voy0163 THEN WHEN THEIR BACKS WERE TURNED A MOMENT |
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| | 164 | voy0164 A WRETCHED CAT GOT UP ON THE TABLE AND NEARLY ATE US |
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| | 165 | voy0165 LUCKILY THE OLD MEN TURNED ROUND IN TIME AND SHOOED HER AWAY |
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| | 166 | voy0166 YOU MAY BE SURE THOUGH THAT WE TOOK A COUPLE OF GOOD GULPS OF AIR WHILE THEY WEREN'T LOOKING AND |
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| | 167 | voy0167 THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED US FROM CHOKING |
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| | 168 | voy0168 I WANTED TO WHISPER TO CLIPPA TO BE BRAVE AND STICK IT OUT |
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| | 169 | voy0169 BUT I COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW MOST KINDS OF FISH TALK CANNOT BE HEARD |
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| | 170 | voy0170 NOT EVEN A SHOUT UNLESS YOU'RE UNDER WATER THEN |
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| | 171 | voy0171 JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO GIVE IT UP AND LET ON THAT WE WERE ALIVE |
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| | 172 | voy0172 ONE OF THE OLD MEN SHOOK HIS HEAD SADLY |
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| | 173 | voy0173 LIFTED US UP AND CARRIED US OUT OF THE BUILDING NOW FOR IT |
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| | 174 | voy0174 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WE'LL SOON KNOW OUR FATE LIBERTY OR THE GARBAGE CAN |
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| | 175 | voy0175 OUTSIDE TO OUR UNSPEAKABLE HORROR HE MADE STRAIGHT FOR A LARGE ASH BARREL |
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| | 176 | voy0176 WHICH STOOD AGAINST THE WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A YARD |
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| | 177 | voy0177 MOST HAPPILY FOR US HOWEVER WHILE HE WAS CROSSING THIS YARD |
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| | 178 | voy0178 A VERY DIRTY MAN WITH A WAGON AND HORSES DROVE UP AND TOOK THE ASH BARREL AWAY I |
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| | 179 | voy0179 SUPPOSE IT WAS HIS PROPERTY THEN THE OLD MAN LOOKED AROUND FOR SOME OTHER PLACE TO THROW US |
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| | 180 | voy0180 HE SEEMED ABOUT TO CAST US UPON THE GROUND BUT |
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| | 181 | voy0181 HE EVIDENTLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE YARD UNTIDY AND HE DESISTED |
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| | 182 | voy0182 THE SUSPENSE WAS TERRIBLE HE MOVED OUTSIDE THE YARD GATE |
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| | 183 | voy0183 AND MY HEART SANK ONCE MORE AS I SAW THAT HE NOW INTENDED TO THROW US IN THE GUTTER OF THE ROADWAY |
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| | 184 | voy0184 BUT FORTUNE WAS INDEED WITH US THAT DAY |
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| | 185 | voy0185 A LARGE MAN IN BLUE CLOTHES AND SILVER BUTTONS STOPPED HIM IN THE NICK OF TIME |
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| | 186 | voy0186 EVIDENTLY FROM THE WAY THE LARGE MAN LECTURED AND WAVED A SHORT |
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| | 187 | voy0187 THICK STICK IT WAS AGAINST THE RULES OF THE TOWN TO THROW DEAD FISH IN THE STREETS |
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| | 188 | voy0188 AT LAST TO OUR UNUTTERABLE JOY THE OLD MAN TURNED AND MOVED OFF WITH US TOWARDS THE HARBOR |
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| | 189 | voy0189 HE WALKED SO SLOWLY |
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| | 190 | voy0190 MUTTERING TO HIMSELF ALL THE WAY AND WATCHING THE MAN IN BLUE OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE THAT |
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| | 191 | voy0191 I WANTED TO BITE HIS FINGER TO MAKE HIM HURRY UP |
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| | 192 | voy0192 BOTH CLIPPA AND I WERE ACTUALLY AT OUR LAST GASP |
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| | 193 | voy0193 FINALLY HE REACHED THE SEA WALL |
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| | 194 | voy0194 AND GIVING US ONE LAST SAD LOOK HE DROPPED US INTO THE WATERS OF THE HARBOR |
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| | 195 | voy0195 NEVER HAD WE REALIZED ANYTHING LIKE THE THRILL OF THAT MOMENT AS WE |
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| | 196 | voy0196 FELT THE SALT WETNESS CLOSE OVER OUR HEADS WITH ONE |
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| | 197 | voy0197 FLICK OF OUR TAILS WE CAME TO LIFE AGAIN THE OLD MAN WAS SO SURPRISED |
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| | 198 | voy0198 THAT HE FELL RIGHT INTO THE WATER ALMOST ON TOP OF US |
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| | 199 | voy0199 FROM THIS HE WAS RESCUED BY A SAILOR WITH A BOAT HOOK |
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| | 200 | voy0200 AND THE LAST WE SAW OF HIM |
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| | 201 | voy0201 THE MAN IN BLUE WAS DRAGGING HIM AWAY BY THE COAT COLLAR LECTURING HIM AGAIN |
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| | 202 | voy0202 APPARENTLY IT WAS ALSO AGAINST THE RULES OF THE TOWN TO THROW DEAD FISH INTO THE HARBOR |
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| | 203 | voy0203 BUT WE WHAT TIME OR THOUGHT HAD WE FOR HIS TROUBLES WE WERE FREE |
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| | 204 | voy0204 IN LIGHTNING LEAPS IN CURVING SPURTS IN CRAZY ZIG ZAGS WHOOPING SHRIEKING WITH DELIGHT |
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| | 205 | voy0205 WE SPED FOR HOME AND THE OPEN SEA THAT IS ALL OF MY STORY AND |
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| | 206 | voy0206 I WILL NOW AS I PROMISED LAST NIGHT |
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| | 207 | voy0207 TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE SEA |
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| | 208 | voy0208 ON CONDITION THAT I AM SET AT LIBERTY AS SOON AS YOU HAVE DONE |
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| | 209 | voy0209 THE DOCTOR |
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| | 210 | voy0210 IS THERE ANY PART OF THE SEA DEEPER THAN THAT KNOWN AS THE NERO DEEP I MEAN THE ONE NEAR THE ISLAND OF GUAM |
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| | 211 | voy0211 THE FIDGIT WHY CERTAINLY THERE'S ONE MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT NEAR THE MOUTH |
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| | 212 | voy0212 OF THE AMAZON RIVER BUT IT'S SMALL AND HARD TO FIND |
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| | 213 | voy0213 WE CALL IT THE DEEP HOLE AND THERE'S ANOTHER IN THE ANTARCTIC SEA |
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| | 214 | voy0214 THE DOCTOR CAN YOU TALK ANY SHELLFISH LANGUAGE YOURSELF THE FIDGIT NO NOT A WORD |
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| | 215 | voy0215 WE REGULAR FISHES DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SHELLFISH WE CONSIDER THEM A LOW CLASS |
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| | 216 | voy0216 THE DOCTOR BUT WHEN YOU'RE NEAR THEM CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUND THEY MAKE TALKING I MEAN |
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| | 217 | voy0217 WITHOUT NECESSARILY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY SAY THE FIDGIT ONLY WITH THE VERY LARGEST ONES |
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| | 218 | voy0218 SHELLFISH HAVE SUCH WEAK SMALL VOICES IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR |
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| | 219 | voy0219 ANY BUT THEIR OWN KIND TO HEAR THEM BUT WITH THE BIGGER ONES IT IS DIFFERENT |
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| | 220 | voy0220 THEY MAKE A SAD BOOMING NOISE RATHER LIKE AN IRON PIPE |
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| | 221 | voy0221 BEING KNOCKED WITH A STONE ONLY NOT NEARLY SO LOUD OF COURSE |
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| | 222 | voy0222 THE DOCTOR I AM MOST ANXIOUS TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA TO STUDY MANY THINGS |
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| | 223 | voy0223 BUT WE LAND ANIMALS AS YOU NO DOUBT KNOW ARE UNABLE TO BREATHE UNDER WATER |
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| | 224 | voy0224 HAVE YOU ANY IDEAS THAT MIGHT HELP ME THE FIDGIT |
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| | 225 | voy0225 I THINK THAT FOR BOTH YOUR DIFFICULTIES THE BEST THING FOR YOU TO DO |
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| | 226 | voy0226 WOULD BE TO TRY AND GET HOLD OF THE GREAT GLASS SEA SNAIL |
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| | 227 | voy0227 THE DOCTOR ER WHO OR WHAT IS THE GREAT GLASS SEA SNAIL |
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| | 228 | voy0228 THE FIDGIT HE IS AN ENORMOUS SALT WATER SNAIL |
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| | 229 | voy0229 ONE OF THE WINKLE FAMILY BUT AS LARGE AS A BIG HOUSE |
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| | 230 | voy0230 HE TALKS QUITE LOUDLY WHEN HE SPEAKS BUT THIS IS NOT OFTEN |
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| | 231 | voy0231 HE CAN GO TO ANY PART OF THE OCEAN AT ALL DEPTHS |
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| | 232 | voy0232 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ANY CREATURE IN THE SEA |
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| | 233 | voy0233 HIS SHELL IS MADE OF TRANSPARENT MOTHER O PEARL SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT |
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| | 234 | voy0234 BUT IT'S THICK AND STRONG WHEN HE IS OUT OF HIS SHELL AND |
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| | 235 | voy0235 HE CARRIES IT EMPTY ON HIS BACK THERE |
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| | 236 | voy0236 IS ROOM IN IT FOR A WAGON AND A PAIR OF HORSES |
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| | 237 | voy0237 HE HAS BEEN SEEN CARRYING HIS FOOD IN IT WHEN TRAVELING THE DOCTOR |
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| | 238 | voy0238 I FEEL THAT THAT IS JUST THE CREATURE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR |
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| | 239 | voy0239 HE COULD TAKE ME AND MY ASSISTANT INSIDE HIS SHELL AND WE |
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| | 240 | voy0240 COULD EXPLORE THE DEEPEST DEPTHS IN SAFETY DO YOU THINK YOU COULD GET HIM FOR ME |
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| | 241 | voy0241 THE FIDGIT ALAS NO I WOULD WILLINGLY IF I COULD |
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| | 242 | voy0242 BUT HE IS HARDLY EVER SEEN BY ORDINARY FISH |
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| | 243 | voy0243 HE LIVES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEEP HOLE AND SELDOM COMES OUT |
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| | 244 | voy0244 AND INTO THE DEEP HOLE THE LOWER WATERS OF WHICH ARE MUDDY |
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| | 245 | voy0245 FISHES SUCH AS WE ARE AFRAID TO GO THE DOCTOR |
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| | 246 | voy0246 DEAR ME THAT'S A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT ARE THERE MANY OF THIS KIND OF SNAIL IN THE SEA |
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| | 247 | voy0247 THE FIDGIT OH NO HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE SINCE HIS SECOND WIFE |
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| | 248 | voy0248 DIED LONG LONG AGO HE IS THE LAST OF THE GIANT SHELLFISH HE |
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| | 249 | voy0249 BELONGS TO PAST AGES WHEN THE WHALES WERE LAND ANIMALS AND ALL THAT |
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| | 250 | voy0250 THEY SAY HE IS OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD THE DOCTOR GOOD GRACIOUS |
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| | 251 | voy0251 WHAT WONDERFUL THINGS HE COULD TELL ME I DO WISH I COULD MEET HIM |
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| | 252 | voy0252 THE FIDGIT WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU WISHED TO ASK ME |
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| | 253 | voy0253 THIS WATER IN YOUR TANK IS GETTING QUITE WARM AND SICKLY |
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| | 254 | voy0254 I'D LIKE TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE SEA AS SOON AS YOU CAN SPARE ME |
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| | 255 | voy0255 THE DOCTOR JUST ONE MORE THING WHEN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN |
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| | 256 | voy0256 FOURTEEN NINETY TWO HE THREW OVERBOARD TWO COPIES OF HIS DIARY SEALED UP IN BARRELS |
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| | 257 | voy0257 ONE OF THEM WAS NEVER FOUND IT MUST HAVE SUNK |
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| | 258 | voy0258 I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT FOR MY LIBRARY DO |
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| | 259 | voy0259 YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE IT IS THE FIDGIT YES I DO |
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| | 260 | voy0260 THAT TOO IS IN THE DEEP HOLE WHEN THE BARREL SANK THE CURRENTS DRIFTED IT NORTHWARDS |
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| | 261 | voy0261 DOWN WHAT WE CALL THE ORINOCO SLOPE TILL IT FINALLY DISAPPEARED INTO THE DEEP HOLE |
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| | 262 | voy0262 IF IT WAS ANY OTHER PART OF THE SEA I'D TRY AND GET IT FOR YOU |
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| | 263 | voy0263 BUT NOT THERE THE DOCTOR WELL THAT IS ALL I THINK |
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| | 264 | voy0264 I HATE TO PUT YOU BACK INTO THE SEA |
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| | 265 | voy0265 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS SOON AS I DO |
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| | 266 | voy0266 I'LL THINK OF A HUNDRED OTHER QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK YOU BUT |
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| | 267 | voy0267 I MUST KEEP MY PROMISE WOULD YOU CARE FOR ANYTHING BEFORE YOU GO |
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| | 268 | voy0268 IT SEEMS A COLD DAY SOME CRACKER CRUMBS OR SOMETHING THE FIDGIT |
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| | 269 | voy0269 NO I WON'T STOP ALL I WANT JUST AT PRESENT IS FRESH SEA WATER |
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| | 270 | voy0270 THE DOCTOR I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GIVEN ME |
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| | 271 | voy0271 YOU HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND PATIENT THE FIDGIT PRAY DO NOT MENTION IT |
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| | 272 | voy0272 IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE GREAT JOHN DOLITTLE |
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| | 273 | voy0273 YOU ARE AS OF COURSE YOU KNOW ALREADY QUITE FAMOUS AMONG THE BETTER CLASS OF FISHES |
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| | 274 | voy0274 GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU TO YOUR SHIP AND TO ALL YOUR PLANS |
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| | 275 | voy0275 THE DOCTOR CARRIED THE LISTENING TANK TO A PORTHOLE |
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| | 276 | voy0276 OPENED IT AND EMPTIED THE TANK INTO THE SEA GOOD BYE HE MURMURED |
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| | 277 | voy0277 AS A FAINT SPLASH REACHED US FROM WITHOUT I DROPPED MY PENCIL ON THE TABLE AND LEANED BACK |
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| | 278 | voy0278 WITH A SIGH MY FINGERS WERE SO STIFF WITH WRITERS CRAMP THAT I |
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| | 279 | voy0279 FELT AS THOUGH I SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO OPEN MY HAND AGAIN |
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| | 280 | voy0280 BUT I AT LEAST HAD HAD A NIGHT'S SLEEP AS FOR THE POOR DOCTOR |
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| | 281 | voy0281 HE WAS SO WEARY THAT HE HAD HARDLY PUT THE TANK BACK UPON THE TABLE AND DROPPED INTO A CHAIR |
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| | 282 | voy0282 WHEN HIS EYES CLOSED AND HE BEGAN TO SNORE IN THE PASSAGE OUTSIDE |
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| | 283 | voy0283 POLYNESIA SCRATCHED ANGRILY AT THE DOOR I ROSE AND LET HER IN |
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| | 284 | voy0284 A NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS SHE STORMED WHAT SORT OF A SHIP IS THIS |
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| | 285 | voy0285 THERE'S THAT COLORED MAN UPSTAIRS ASLEEP UNDER THE WHEEL THE DOCTOR ASLEEP DOWN HERE |
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| | 286 | voy0286 AND YOU MAKING POT HOOKS IN A COPY BOOK WITH A PENCIL |
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| | 287 | voy0287 EXPECT THE SHIP TO STEER HERSELF TO BRAZIL WE'RE JUST |
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| | 288 | voy0288 DRIFTING AROUND THE SEA LIKE AN EMPTY BOTTLE AND A WEEK BEHIND TIME AS IT IS |
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| | 289 | voy0289 WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU ALL SHE WAS SO ANGRY THAT HER VOICE ROSE TO A SCREAM BUT |
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| | 290 | voy0290 IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN THAT TO WAKE THE DOCTOR |
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| | 291 | voy0291 I PUT THE NOTE BOOK CAREFULLY IN A DRAWER AND WENT ON DECK |
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| | 292 | voy0292 TO TAKE THE WHEEL END OF CHAPTER TWO |
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