Doctor Dolittle (1967)

William Dix: Tommy Stubbins

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• Dr. Dolittle : Oh, look, it's a llama. Come on, boy, Come on, boy. I think he's nervous. Open up the other end and give him a push, Mathew.

  Matthew : [Opens the other end of the shipping crate]  There's another one at this end. There's two of them!

  Dr. Dolittle : Two llamas. How thoughtful of somebody. Really, people are awfully nice.

  Tommy Stubbins : What are you going to do with them?

  Matthew : Well, we could make ourselves a couple of nice overcoats, for a start.

  Dr. Dolittle : Come on, boy. Come on, boy.

  Matthew : This way, lad. Come on. That's a good fella.

  Dr. Dolittle : I don't believe it. It can't be! It is! It is!

  Matthew : What? What? What? What? What?

  Dr. Dolittle : It's a Pushmi-pullyu. Look!

• Tommy Stubbins : What do you want us to do? Go to the North Pole?

  Dr. Dolittle : Unfortunately, there isn't time. It isn't pleasant up there.

  Tommy Stubbins : But, the North Pole hasn't been discovered yet?

  Dr. Dolittle : Not officially. And I never say anything about it; because, I promised the polar bears I wouldn't.

• Emma Fairfax : Well, where are we going?

  Tommy Stubbins : To hunt for the great pink sea snail.

  Emma Fairfax : And where do you expect to find it?

  Dr. Dolittle : I haven't the faintest idea. But, as one place is as good as another, it is high time we decided. Otherwise, when we get there, we won't know we've arrived.

  Matthew : Good thinking, Doctor.

• Dr. Dolittle : Tell me, Stubbins... what would you do if you had two heads?

  Tommy Stubbins : I'd join a circus, sir!

  Dr. Dolittle : Exactly.

• Tommy Stubbins : I was thinking, that if you sold your fish barrow and I sold my grandfather's watch, we could buy a boat and go to China!

  Matthew : Oh, you're the middle of two ends of a fine fella, Tom, and it's a beautiful proposition. But, don't you see the problem?

  Tommy Stubbins : What's that?

  Matthew : Well, do you speak Chinese?

  Tommy Stubbins : No.

  Matthew : Then if you sell your grandfather's watch and we go to China, how are you going to tell the time?

  Tommy Stubbins : I never thought of that.

  Matthew : Aw, well now, you see, you have to plan ahead! It's very important. I mean, the whole secret of my success with the fish barrow was *years* of planning ahead.

• Tommy Stubbins : Who is John Dolittle?

  Matthew : John Dolittle is the greatest animal doctor in the world today and a close personal friend of Matthew Mugg. Lives right here in Puddleby, he does, out in the Ox and Hog Road.

  Tommy Stubbins : What does he do?

  Matthew : He's a genius, that's what he does. He can talk to animals.

  Tommy Stubbins : Talk to them?

  Matthew : Speaks their language, he does. Just like you and me's chattin' now.

• Tommy Stubbins : How did you become a veteran?

  Dr. Dolittle : Stubbins, the word is veterinarian. To say, animal doctor, is just pretentious.