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How do animals communicate? Name the animals that:, 2. stretch their front legs out in front of them and lower, He was very fond of animals and kept many kinds of pets. Besides the goldfish in the hegoound, Dr Dolittle Learns, a New Language, 6., Starter, 1. greet each other by touching hands, Dog, EleDhants, .Gorillan.., their bodies when they want to play, 3. show affection by entwining their long nose, uis jein . unite, 4. stick out their tongues to show anger, Meclicinae clector, Ded Mecdicine, Read the story below., John Dolittle, M.D., was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot. He lived in a little, town called, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. All the people, young and old, knew him well., And whenever he walked down the street in his high hat everyone would say, "There, goes the Doctor! He's a clever man." And the dogs and the children would all run up and, follow behind him; and even the crows that lived in the church tower would caw and, nod their heads., 7o move their read upand deen, The house he lived in, on the edge of the town, was quite small; but his garden was very, corner, Jarge and had a wide lawn, and stone seats, and weeping willows' hanging over., a bree uol,ose branches are ugachu rdon, the, a sinal toer ohing tood okept, pond in his garden, he had rabbits in the pantry, white mice, weeping willow a kind of tree, in his piano, a squirrel in the linen closet and a hedgehog in, A b>oton dmimal, covered with starb, needle, 126, Scanned by CamScanner

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notable towalk, day. "Take care of animals. Be an animal-doctor.", many, the rain., "I knew that parrots can talk," said the Doctor., "Oh, we parrots can talk in two languages-people's language and bird-language, sald, Polynesia proudly. "If I say, 'Polly want's a cracker.' you understand me. But hear this,, "Ka-kaoi-ee, fee-fee.", A-thin., in dry biscuit that is eHen ealen, "Good Gracious!" cried the Doctor. "What does that mean?", "That means, Is the porridge hot yet?'-in bird-language.", "Oh, my!" said the Doctor. "You never talked that way, to me before.", "What would have been the good?" said, Polynesia, dusting some cracker-crumbs, off her left wing. "You wouldn't have, understood me if I had.", 127, Scanned by CamScanner

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"Tell me some more," said the Doctor, excitedly. He quickly ran over to the dresser-, drawer and came back with a book and a pencil., holdny your allerten, "Now don't go too fast-and l'll write it down. This is interesting, very interesting,, something quite new. Give me the Birds' ABC first, slowly now.", So that was the way the doctor came to know that animals had a language of their own, and could talk to one another, And all that afternoon, while it was raining, Polynesia sat, çalmly, quielly, on the kitchen table patiently giving him bird words to put down in the book., At tea-time, when the dog, lip, came in, the parrot said to the Doctor, "See, HE'S talking, to you.", subbing with ears, "Looks to me as though he were scratching his ear," said the, Doctor., "But animals don't always speak with their, mouths," said the parrot, in a high voice, raising her, eyebrows. "They talk with, their ears, with their feet,, with their tails-with, everything. Sometimes, they don't WANT to make, a noise. Do you see now, To make quit cudlden, the way he's twitching upma, one side of his nose?", "What does that mean?" asked the Doctor., "That means, 'Can't you see that it has stopped raining?' clearly, he wants you to take, him out for walk." Polynesia answered. "He is asking you a question. Dogs nearly always, use their noses for asking questions.", After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the language of the, animals so well that he could talk to them himself and understand everything they said., Polynesia brought her sick friends and the Doctor began to treat their illnesses., 0 laige. form tool, One day a farmer brought his old plow-horse to the doctor. The poor horse was very, glad to find a man who could talk in horse-language., 128, Scanned by CamScanner

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cinerral dr., you need is spectacles."Classer, not! There's no reason why horses shouldn't, wear glasses, the same as people. What I, need is spectacles.", "Of course, of course," said the Doctor., "P'Il get you some at once.", "I would like a pair like yours," said the horse. "only green. They'll keep the sun out of, my eyes while I am plowing the field.", "Certainly," said the Doctor. "I'll have them for you next week," said the Doctor. "Come, in again on Tuesday, Good morning!", Then John Dolittle got a fine, big pair of green spectacles; and the plow-horse stopped, going blind in one eye and could see as well as ever., And soon it became a common sight to see farm-animals wearing glasses in the country, round Puddleby; and a blind horse was a thing unknown., And so it was with all the other animals that were brought to him. As soon as they, found that he could talk their language, they told him where the pain was and how they, felt, and of course it was easy for him to cure them., Now all these animals went back and told their brothers and friends that there was a, doctor in the little house with the big garden who really WAS a doctor. And whenever, any creatures got sick-not only horses and cows and dogs-but all the little things of, Mouse, the fields, like harvest-mice and water-võlés, badgers and bats, they came at once to his, house on the edge of the town, so that his big garden was nearly always crowded with, animals trying to get in to see him., black & while, lines on heod, that uves, aholi nat comes, out 3l night., 2spavins a problem related to, bones in horses and cattle, 129, Scanned by CamScanner

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dibforst ver the side door, and 'SHEEP', There were so many that came that he had to have special doors made for the different, kinds. He wrote 'HORSES' over the front door, 'COWS', on the kitchen door. Each kind of animal had a séparate door-even the mice had a tiny, tunnel made for them into the cellar, where they waited uncomplainingly in rows for, without,, complaint, the Doctor to come round to them., And so, in a few years' time, every living thing for miles and miles got to know about, John Dolittle, M.D. And the birds who flew to other countries in the winter told the, animals in foreign lands of the wonderful doctor of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, who could, understand their talk and help them in their troubles. In this way he became famous, among the animals-all over the world!, Hugh Lofting, Reading 1, 1. Given below are some statements and their reasons. Do you agree with all the reasons?, Cross out any reason you do not agree with., a. Polynesia wanted Dr Dolittle to become an animal-doctor because, i. he was a good people's doctor., ii. there were no good animal-doctors around., iii. he was fond of animals., b. Dr Dolittle said he did not treat animals because, i. there were many animal-doctors around., ii. he was a people's doctor., iii. he did not like treating animals., c. The doctor over the hill gave the poor plow-horse big pills because, i. he did not try to understand the horse's problem., ii. he was not an animal-doctor., iii. he thought the horse was suffering from spavins., d. The horse wanted a pair of green glasses because, i. Dr Dolittle's glasses were green and the horse wanted a similar set., ii, the horse wanted to follow the latest fashion., iii, the horse wanted to protect his eyes from the bright sun., 130, Scanned by CamScanner