# King of the Jolliginki — The Story of Doctor Dolittle character guide

> King of the Jolliginki in The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Foolish King, the King

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-polynesia-and-the-king

## Who they are

A proud African king who imprisons Polynesia and later releases her.

## In the story

### [VI: Polynesia and the King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/vi-polynesia-and-the-king)

Imprisons the Doctor due to past betrayal by white men; is tricked by Polynesia into releasing them.

### [VII: The Bridge of Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/vii-the-bridge-of-apes)

Grows furious, sends his army and servants to catch the Doctor, and later orders them to stay in the jungle until they succeed.

### [XI: The Black Prince](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/xi-the-black-prince)

Orders the Doctor's recapture and imprisonment, sentences him to scrub the kitchen floor.

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