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7 The Secret Hiding Place
8 The Thief Escapes
9 The Runaway Coach
10 The Papers Recovered--and Puddleby Again



FOREWORD

When my husband, Hugh Lofting, wrote and illustrated this story of
Pippinella, the green canary, for the New York Herald Tribune his
intention was some day to publish the material in book form. Towards
this end he wrote _Doctor Dolittle's Caravan_, in which the little
canary appeared as the prima donna of the Doctor's canary opera and
became a well-loved and established member of the Doctor's household.
However, by the time the _Caravan_ was ended, Mr Lofting found so much
of Pippinella's story still untold that he began to work on another book
to include all the exciting adventures which had befallen the Doctor's
little friend before she joined the caravan. He also found that he had
to tell the many readers, who wrote and requested further knowledge of
this unique little bird, how the Doctor and his family helped to bring
her tragic life story to a happy conclusion.

It was never finished. But so near had Mr Lofting come to doing so that
I felt I must find a way to do it for him. When my sister, Olga Michael,
whose inclination to write had been applauded and encouraged by my
husband, and who had helped him during the compiling of the new material
for Pippinella, offered to finish it, I and the publishers were
delighted.

And so, here it is; the completed story of the green canary with only a
brief first chapter to introduce the Doctor and his family to new
readers and a dramatic and exciting conclusion to round out the life of
the unusual little bird, Pippinella. I believe my husband would have
approved.


JOSEPHINE LOFTING


PART ONE

I
THE DOCTOR MEETS THE GREEN CANARY


THIS story of the further adventures of Pippinella, the green canary,
begins during the time of the Dolittle Circus. It will tell--in much
greater detail--the strange events which took place in the life of the
little bird before she came to live with John Dolittle.