Dr. Dolittle did not know what to do.
"I must get back to Puddleby," he kept saying.
"We don't have a boat," Jip pointed out.
Dr. Dolittle had forgotten about that.
Polynesia flew to the dungeon.
"Get Dr. Dolittle! Hurry!" Polynesia whispered to Gub-Gub.
When the doctor came, Polynesia told him about the prince.
Dr. Dolittle looked in his medicine bag.
"Hmmm, well, let's see . . ."
"Ask him to let you out," the parrot continued.
"We could ask the prince for a boat!"
Jip barked excitedly.
"Good idea, Jip!" smiled Dr. Dolittle.
The prince waited until dark.
Then he went to the dungeon just as the fairy godmother had said.
"Dolittle! Dr. Dolittle!" he called softly.
"My fairy godmother said you have a magic bottle.
May I have it?"
Dr. Dolittle scratched his head.
"Well, yes, of course you may.
But first you must let me out of this dungeon."
Jip reminded the doctor about the boat.
"Oh, and also, you must find me a boat . . . ," Dr. Dolittle continued.
Gub-Gub wanted to ask for one more thing.
". . . with lots of food in it," the doctor added.
The prince quietly unlocked the dungeon.
"Get me a boat.
I will meet you on the beach," the doctor said.
"What will you give him, Doctor?" asked Jip.
The doctor took out a black bottle.
"What is it for?" asked Dab-Dab.
"This medicine makes the hair grow quickly," explained the doctor.
"That's what the prince wants," said Dab-Dab.
"But it's not . . . human hair," the doctor looked away.
"What kind of hair is it?" asked Dab-Dab.
"It's dog hair."
The prince was waiting for Dr. Dolittle beside a boat.
"Now give me my magic bottle!" he said excitedly.
The prince jumped up and down like a boy.
Dr. Dolittle rubbed the lotion on the prince's head.
"Is it growing?" the prince asked excitedly.
Dr. Dolittle rubbed more and more.
Then he poured the whole bottle onto the prince's head.
Just like grass, one, then two, then ten hairs started popping up.
The prince was growing hair.
"I have hair!
I have hair!" the prince shouted joyfully.
He was beginning to look like Jip!
But he didn't have a mirror to see himself.
The prince ran off into the jungle, singing and dancing.
"Jip! You and the prince could be brothers!" teased Chee-Chee.
"Poor prince," Too-Too said.
"Don't worry. In two weeks, it will all fall out again.
I will send him the proper medicine when I get home," Dr. Dolittle replied.
"Hurry and go before the prince comes back!" Polynesia said.
Everyone got in the boat except Polynesia and Chee-Chee.
"Aren't you coming?" asked Jip.
"Africa is our home," Polynesia said sadly.
"We want to stay here," Chee-Chee added.
Dr. Dolittle nodded.
"I understand. I will miss you both very much."
The parrot and monkey hugged Dr. Dolittle.
They waved good-bye to their friends.
"Good-bye, Dr. Dolittle!" cried Polynesia and Chee-Chee.
And the boat left Africa.