Dr. Doolittle's Sea Journey

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“I thought you lived alone.” I told Dr. Doolittle.
“I live alone.” The doctor answered. “It was Daebdaeb who turned on the light.”
I looked up the stairs to see who was coming. However, the landing was not visible, and instead, strange footsteps that I had never heard before were heard from the upper stairs. It sounded like someone was jumping down the stairs using only one leg.
As the light gradually descended, the surroundings became brighter, and strange, jumping shadows appeared on the wall.
"at las! Dabb dabb, good job!” The doctor said.
It really felt like I was dreaming. A pure white duck was coming down past her landing, hopping on one foot, holding her neck upright. Holding a candle at her right foot.
-Page 35

“Are there any lions or tigers?” I asked as we walked together.
"no. We can't have lions and tigers here. And even if I could, I wouldn't. If I had my way, Stubbins, there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger locked up in the world. They don't like being locked up. You can never be happy. They don't stay in one place. They always think of the great land they left behind. Looking into the eyes of tigers and lions, you can see that they are always dreaming of the open space where they were born. Dreaming of the deep, dark jungle where she learned from her mother to follow her deer scent. But do you know what these animals got in return for giving up all this?”
The doctor stopped walking and asked me this, and his face became increasingly red with anger.
“What could you exchange for the brilliant sun rising in Africa, the gentle breeze tickling the palm trees at dusk, the green shadows of tangled vines, the cool nights of the desert twinkling with great stars, or the sound of a majestic waterfall after a hard day’s hunting? ? What on earth did you get in exchange for these? Empty cages with iron bars, chunks of meat thrown to them once a day, and stupid people looking at these guys with their mouths open! No, Stubbins. “Great hunters like lions and tigers should never, ever be in zoos.”
-Page 73

I had so many places I wanted to go that I couldn't make a decision right away. While I was still thinking, the doctor sat up straight in his chair and said.
“What are you going to do, Stubbins? This is a game I used to play when I was young, before living with Sarah. It's called 'traveling with your eyes closed'. Whenever I wanted to go sailing but couldn't decide where to go, I would bring an atlas, close my eyes, and open the book. Then, still with your eyes closed, you wiggle your pencil and poke at the open page. And open your eyes and see. It's a very fun game. Before you start the game, you have to promise to go wherever the pencil lands. Do you want to try it?”
“Oh, great!” I almost screamed. “It's really cool! I hope China comes out. Or Borneo or Baghdad.”
I soon climbed up to the bookshelf, pulled down a large atlas from the top, and placed it on the table in front of the doctor. I knew the entire atlas by heart. I spent countless days and nights looking at that old, faded map! As I followed the blue river that flows from the mountain range to the sea, I wondered what the small village actually looked like.
-Page 154

I think you would be missing out on something precious if you didn't meet this chubby, kind, passionate doctor and his animal friends as a child. I fell in love with Africa while reading the adventures of Dr. Doolittle.
-Jane Goodall (zoologist, author of “Reason for Hope”)

If my hero today is Charles Darwin, my childhood hero is Dr. Doolittle. As I read Dr. Doolittle's adventure stories over and over again, my dream of becoming a scientist grew. It's certainly thanks to Dr. Doolittle that I still get angry whenever I encounter articles that claim humans are superior to animals and ignore those who care about animal suffering.
-Richard Dawkins (evolutionary biologist, author of “The Selfish Gene”)

Dr. Doolittle, who knew how to talk to any animal and cared for and loved them!
Illustrated by Newbery Award-winning author Hugh Lofting
The adventure story of a quirky doctor and his animal friends!

Publishing the Adventures of Dr. Dolittle series (12 volumes in total)!

Hugh Lofting, born in England in 1886, received an engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. But he is much more famous as a story writer than as a technician. Lofting served in World War I as a lieutenant. During those years, he wrote letters to his children about the adventures of a doctor who could understand animal speech, and these stories led to the twelve volumes of the Dr. Doolittle series (two of which were published posthumously). Maybe that's why these books contain a lot of father's love for children.

Dr. Doolittle, the main character of these books, is full of optimism and appears to be a bit helpless. However, he is always polite, affectionate, and loves animals more than anything. The adventure story of a cheerful and optimistic protagonist and animals such as parrots, dogs, and pigs with distinct personalities is very fun.

Some volumes of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Doolittle stories have been translated into Korean and published several times, but this is the first time that all twelve volumes have been made available in Korean. Just as it was remembered as the book of a lifetime by many people, including world-renowned scientists such as evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall, I hope that these books translated into Korean will also be remembered meaningfully by someone in the future.

Composition (total 12 volumes)
1. The Story of Dr. Doolittle
2. Dr. Doolittle's Sea Journey
3. Dr. Doolittle's Post Office
4. Dr. Dolittle’s Circus
5. Dr. Dolittle’s Menagerie
6. Dr. Doolittle's Caravan
7. Dr. Doolittle's Garden
8. Dr. Doolittle goes to the moon
9. Dr. Dolittle returns from the moon
10. Dr. Dolittle and the Secret Lake
11. Dr. Doolittle and the Green Canary
12. Dr. Doolittle's Puddlebee Adventure

Looking at the horses and dogs suffering on the battlefield where life and death are at stake.
Hugh Lofting thought of Dr. Dolittle who would understand what they were saying!

He tried to convey to his son and daughter a warm connection with animals and respect for life.
Dad's letter becomes a long-loved classic!

Of the 12 volumes in the ‘Adventures of Dr. Dolittle’ series, volume 1, ‘The Story of Dr. Dolittle’ and volume 1, ‘The Story of Dr. Dolittle’ were published. Although several volumes of the Doctor Doolittle stories have been published, this is the first time that all twelve volumes have been collected.

Jane Goodall and Richard Dawkins have said that the Adventures of Dr. Doolittle series is the book of their lives. Among them, 『Dr. Doolittle's Sea Voyage』 received the Newbery Award for outstanding children's literature. So what is the charm of Dr. Doolittle? The biggest attraction is the ability to communicate with animals.

In 『Dr. Doolittle's Sea Journey』, with the help of his animal friends, Dr. Doolittle saves a bitter friend who has been wrongfully accused of murder, puts on a wonderful performance with bulls in Monteverde, and saves the island of spider monkeys that have drifted to the South Pole, as well as dolphins. With your help, we bring it back to Brazil. Sometimes it feels like Dr. Doolittle and his animal friends are like a legion of Avengers saving the world.

In the story, Dr. Dolittle is also an infinite positive optimist. When you see Dr. Doolittle giving all his money to the stowaways who secretly boarded the ship heading to Spider Monkey Island and then shaving with a piece of a glass bottle from the remains of a ship that was wrecked in a storm, you can't help but laugh. However, I wonder if these actions come from a pure, childlike heart.

Hugh Lofting looks at the animals dying on the gloomy battlefield, and sends a letter telling the story of Dr. Doolittle, even drawing a picture himself, to convey cheerful and positive news to his daughter and son. Seeing those letters being passed down over 100 years later, inspiring us with love for life and curiosity for adventure, I feel the power of classics anew.