# Too-Too — The Story of Doctor Dolittle character guide

> Too-Too in The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Too - Too

**First appearance:** 0002-i-puddleby

## Snapshot

The Doctor's sharp-eyed owl, whose wide, silent watchfulness makes him both the household's lookout and its quietest, most useful conscience.

## Who they are

Too-Too belongs to the tight circle of favorite pets — Dab-Dab, Jip, Gub-Gub, Polynesia — who fill Doctor Dolittle's parlor and slowly empty it of paying patients. Where Polynesia chatters and Gub-Gub frets, the owl watches and listens, a nocturnal observer whose stillness hides a keen, practical mind. That patient, unshowy attentiveness is exactly what the Doctor's household needs once his fortunes turn and the animals must help him find a way forward.

## Relationships

### [Doctor Dolittle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/characters/doctor_dolittle)

_friendship_

Too-Too, an owl, is a wise and helpful friend to Doctor Dolittle.

### [Doctor Dolittle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/characters/doctor_dolittle)

_friendship_

Too-Too, an owl, is a wise and helpful friend to Doctor Dolittle.

### [Doctor Dolittle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/characters/doctor_dolittle)

_friendship_

Too-Too, an owl, is a wise and helpful friend to Doctor Dolittle.

## In the story

### [Puddleby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/i-puddleby)

Mentioned as one of the Doctor's favorite pets, an owl.

### [A Message from Africa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/iv-a-message-from-africa)

Hears the noise outside and alerts the others; reminds the Doctor about the spent money.

### [The Great Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/v-the-great-journey)

Sits in the shade drinking lemonade during the hot journey.

### [The Barbary Dragon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/xv-the-barbary-dragon)

Whispers to the Doctor to keep the pirates talking until their ship sinks.

### [XVI: Too-Too, the Listener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/xvi-too-too-the-listener)

Uses his acute hearing to detect a person inside the locked room, identifying their actions and emotions.

### [Smells](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/xviii-smells)

Mentions Polynesia's cleverness in escaping prison, though not directly present.

### [The Rock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_doctor_dolittle_se/chapters/xix-the-rock)

Spots the rock from the mast and alerts the crew, confirming it as the source of the smell.

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