Hugh Lofting : The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of his Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts, Neverbefore Printed (Puffin Books)
tennantfamily (United Kingdom) (2009/03/22): 'Dr. Dolittle had rabbits in the pantry, white mice in his piano, a squirrel in the linen closet and a hedgehog in the cellar, and he lived on sixpence a year.'