002 泥洼镇

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Dr. John Dolittle lived in a small town called Puddleby

约翰·杜立德医生住在一个叫帕德尔比的小镇上。

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The townspeople knew him well

镇上的人都很熟悉他。

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Dr. Dolittle looked after sick people and gave them medicine

杜立德医生照顾病人，给他们开药。

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Dr. Dolittle had many pets

杜立德医生养了许多宠物。

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Mice lived in the piano

老鼠住在钢琴里。

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He kept a squirrel in the closet

他在壁橱里养了一只松鼠。

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He also had rabbits, a very old horse, chickens, pigeons, lambs, and even a hedgehog in the basement

他还有兔子、一匹很老的马、鸡、鸽子、小羊，甚至在地下室里养了一只刺猬。

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Sarah, the doctor's sister, was his housekeeper

莎拉是医生的姐姐，也是他的管家。

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She did not like having so many animals around

她不喜欢身边有这么多动物。

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They made the house messy

它们把房子弄得一团糟。

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Even his patients were not happy

连他的病人也感到不满。

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" Oh, Dr. Dolittle, my knees hurt again,"

“哦，杜立德医生，我的膝盖又疼了，”

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Mrs. Keebler whined as she slowly sat down in his office

基布勒夫人一边抱怨，一边慢慢坐在他的诊室里。

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" ARGGGHHHHHHHH!" she suddenly cried, and stood up again

“啊——！”她突然大叫一声，又站了起来。

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" I'm sorry. Oh, it's only Spiky my hedgehog."

“很抱歉。哦，只是我的刺猬斯派基。”

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Dr. Dolittle smiled at the sleepy animal she had sat on

杜立德医生对着那只被她坐到的困倦动物笑了笑。

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Most of his patients never came back

他的大多数病人再也没有回来过。

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The more animals Dr. Dolittle had, the fewer patients he had

杜立德医生的动物越多，来看病的病人就越少。

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" We are running out of money, John," Sarah complained

“我们快没钱了，约翰，”莎拉抱怨道。

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" Money," Dr. Dolittle sighed." What a headache!"

“钱啊，”杜立德医生叹了口气。“真是让人头疼！”

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" Well, we can't live without money!" Sarah said angrily

“唉，没钱我们怎么生活！”莎拉生气地说。

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Of all the pets he had, Dr. Dolittle's favorites were Jip the dog

杜立德医生所有的宠物里，他最喜欢的是小狗吉普、

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Gub-Gub the baby pig, Dab-Dab the duck, Too-Too the owl, and of course, his parrot Polynesia

小猪拱拱、鸭子达达、猫头鹰图图，当然还有他的鹦鹉波利尼西亚。

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" You are my best friends," he often told them

“你们是我最好的朋友，”他常常对它们说。

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" Woof woof!" barked Jip

“汪汪！”吉普吠道。

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" Quack, quack, quack, quack, oink, oink, snort," Dab-Dab and Gub-Gub cried cheerfully

“嘎嘎、嘎嘎、嘎嘎、嘎嘎、哼哧、哼哧、哼呼，”达达和拱拱快活地叫嚷着。

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" GWAK! Polly wants a cracker!" Polynesia chirped

“呱！波利想吃饼干！”波利尼西亚尖声说着。

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Too-Too watched silently from the bookcase

图图在书架上静静地看着。

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" I'm getting tired of this, John!" Sarah shouted one day

“我受够了，约翰！”莎拉有一天大声嚷道。

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" No one wants to come here!

“没人愿意来这儿了！

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They don't like the animals!"

他们不喜欢那些动物！”

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She waved her hands around

她挥动着双手。

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" But I like animals better than people," the doctor replied

“可我更喜欢动物，甚于喜欢人，”医生回答。

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" Well, without money you can't feed them, or ME or YOURSELF!"

“可没钱，你就没法喂它们，也没法喂我，更没法喂你自己！”

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With that, Sarah stomped out of the room

说完，莎拉跺着脚走出了房间。

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But Sarah was right

然而莎拉是对的。

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Soon they ran out of money

很快，他们的钱用光了。

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Dr. Dolittle had to sell his piano, so the mice had no place to live

杜立德医生只好卖掉他的钢琴，这样一来耗子们没了安身之处。

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" Don't worry, you can live inside my sock drawer," the doctor said

“别担心，你们可以住进我放袜子的抽屉里，”医生说。

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Even Dr. Dolittle's bedroom was filled with animals

就连杜立德医生的卧室也挤满了动物。

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But he didn't mind sharing

可他并不介意分享。

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" There, you'll be safe and warm," he told the mice

“好了，你们会又安全又暖和的，”他对耗子们说。

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Now the townspeople didn't go to Dr. Dolittle anymore

这样一来，镇上的人们不再去找杜立德医生看病了。

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They traveled to another town when they needed a doctor

他们需要医生时，就跑到另一个镇上去。

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The only friends he had left were his pets

他剩下的朋友便只有他的宠物了。

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" Money," Dr. Dolittle sighed." What a headache!"

“钱，”杜立德医生叹道，“真是让人头疼啊！”