PUSHMI-PULLYUS are now extinct. That means, there aren't any more. But long ago, when Doctor Dolittle was alive, there were some of them still left in the deepest jungles of Africa; and even then they were very, very scarce. They had no tail, but a head at each end, and sharp horns on each head. They were very shy and terribly hard to catch. The men would get most of their animals by sneaking up behind them while they are not looking. But you could not do this with the pushmi-pullyu--because, no matter which way you came towards him, he was always facing you. And besides, only one half of him slept at a time. The other head was always awake--and watching. This was why they were never caught and never seen in Zoos.
Though many of the greatest huntsmen and the cleverest menagerie-keepers spent years of their lives searching through the jungles in all weathers for pushmi-pullyus, not a single one had ever been caught.
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In the book it was a two headed antelope and in the old movie version it was a two headed llama when it moved tried to go in opposite directions at the same time. This all reminds me of pushmi-pullyus. Pushed one way and pulled the other.
Not a proponent of extinction, but this is one species that everyone would like to see fade away in Hollywood. No more pushing and pulling, let them just be who they are. Naive maybe but sometimes the greatest change comes from a such story book dreams.
The Dying Gaul will get to be a January Bride! Of OMG's Movie Club bride that is. We will discuss the movie beginning 5:00pm EST Friday January 24th and throughout Saturday Jan 25th.
