IntroductionviiCHAPTERPAGEIPuddleby1IIAnimal Language7IIIMore Money Troubles19IVA Message from Africa29VThe Great Journey37VIPolynesia and the King47VIIThe Bridge of Apes55VIIIThe Leader of the Lions67IXThe Monkeys’ Council75XThe Rarest Animal of All81XIThe Black Prince91XIIMedicine and Magic99XIIIRed Sails and Blue Wings111XIVThe Rats’ Warning117XVThe Barbary Dragon125XVIToo-Too, the Listener133XVIIThe Ocean Gossips141XVIIISmells149XIXThe Rock159XXThe Fisherman’s Town167XXIHome Again174