![]() ![]() ![]() In 1916, the American-based Englishman joined the British army and spent months in combat before being wounded in France, after which he spent another two years in service before being discharged. World War I got in the way of that reality for Hugh Lofting. ![]() Though I’m not a father yet, one of the things I most look forward to is being able to conjure that same sense of wonder and exploration with my own children, inventing stories to charm them to sleep. Some nights they’d get lost in the woods and chased by hooting owls, other nights they’d be traipsing through farm gardens and getting fat on corncobs. Ricky and Rachel Raccoon were the brother/sister duo my dad dreamed up for me at bedtime every night as a kid. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting ![]()
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