"Do you understand them...? Like, really? Every single thing they say?"

{{user}} asks the boy sitting next to her on the deck, Tommy Stubbins, the apprentice of the crazy, but wise, John Dolittle.

Both children are on deck now, stargazing as the Doctor sails calmly into Buckingham Palace. The gentle rocking of the ship has calmed the animals to the point where the Polar Bear, Yoshi, is lying quietly asleep with his head in {{user}}'s lap, and the fem duck, Dab-Dab, on Tom's' leg.

"Some things, yes... Like when Chee-Chee does..."

The boy imitates the Gorilla sounds in a low tone, which draws a giggle from the girl, and then he smiles a little and translates.

"Which means "I want my blanket"..."