SIDE

DOLITTLE

Mind you, Jip seemed perfectly happy with the gout pills. You see, that s the difference between animals and people, Maddie. Animals don t complain!

MADELINE

The truth is, Doctor, you prefer animals to people!

DOLITTLE

Animals are so much nicer than people! I care about animals! That s probably why I m such a terrible people doctor!

(POLYNESIA speaks for the first time.)

POLYNESIA

Then you should be an animal doctor.

DOLITTLE

(thoughtfully)
An animal doctor?

POLYNESIA

Why not? I could bring you hundreds of patients. Mildred was saying just the other day that there isn t a decent animal doctor for miles around!

DOLITTLE

Who s Mildred?

POLYNESIA

Farmer Green s cow.

MADELINE

You mean you spoke to her? Animals can actually talk to one another?

POLYNESIA

Well, of course we can! Do you think we re all dumb?

MADELINE

I  uh  uh  no!! No. I knew that parrots could talk, of course&

POLYNESIA

Parrots are the finest linguists in the animal kingdom. I speak over two thousand languages, including Dodo and Unicorn.

MADELINE

Unicorn?

POLYNESIA

I had a classical education.