"Dear me, just look at that!" said he. "That's the worst of being away so long. The animals are very good and keep the house wonderfully clean as far as they can. Dab-Dab is a perfect marvel as a housekeeper. But some things of course they can't manage. Never mind, we'll soon clean it up. You'll find some silver-sand down there, under the sink, Stubbins. Just hand it up to me, will you?"
In a few moments we had the pan all shiny and bright and the sausages were put over the kitchen-fire and a beautiful frying smell went all through the house.英文原著 · 《The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle》
I had a sister once who used to keep house for me (poor, dear Sarah! I wonder how she's getting on--I haven't seen her in many years). But she wasn't nearly as good as Dab-Dab. Have another sausage?"
The Doctor turned and said a few words to the dog and duck in some strange talk and signs. They seemed to understand him perfectly. "Can you talk in squirrel language?" I asked. "Oh yes. That's quite an easy language," said the Doctor.英文原著 · 《The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle》
Suddenly I heard a curious distant noise down the road, towards the town. It sounded like a lot of people cheering. I stood up on the wall to see if I could make out what was coming. Presently there appeared round a bend a great crowd of school-children following a very ragged, curious-looking woman. "What in the world can it be?" cried Dab-Dab. The children were all laughing and shouting. And certainly the woman they were following was most extraordinary. She had very long arms and the most stooping shoulders I have ever seen.英文原著 · 《The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle》
I ran and opened it. In bounded Jip. "Doctor!" he cried, "come into the library quick. I've got something to tell you--No, Dab-Dab, the luncheon must wait. Please hurry, Doctor. There's not a moment to be lost. Don't let any of the animals come--just you and Tommy."
"Now," he said, when we were inside the library and the door was dosed, "turn the key in the lock and make sure there's no one listening under the windows."
"It's all right," said the Doctor. "Nobody can hear you here.英文原著 · 《The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle》
The noisy little sparrow was still fluttering angrily behind the glass when we came in. In the centre of the big table, perched on the ink-stand, stood the most beautiful bird I have ever seen. She had a deep violet-colored breast, scarlet wings and a long, long sweeping tail of gold. She was unimaginably beautiful but looked dreadfully tired. Already she had her head under her wing; and she swayed gently from side to side on top of the ink-stand like a bird that has flown long and far. "Sh!" said Dab-Dab. "Miranda is asleep. I've got this little imp Cheapside in here.英文原著 · 《The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle》
No: he could not undertake to say how many just then. He gave this answer in a very indifferent tone, dabbing away all the time at his eyes with the sponge and lotion. He did it so awkwardly and roughly, as it seemed to me, that I took the sponge from him and applied the lotion tenderly myself.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
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