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