Class 7 · English
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Key terms to remember
Doctor Dolittle
A kind human physician who learns animal languages from his parrot and happily becomes an animal doctor.
Polynesia
Doctor Dolittle's clever parrot who reveals that animals can speak and teaches him their languages.
The funny man
The eccentric figure in the poem whose reversed, absurd actions (shoe on head, hats on feet) create nonsense humour.
Mary Shaw
The outspoken young girl in the play whose blunt, tactless remarks cause one comic blunder after another.
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