However, Cruella and her husband are just as fast asleep as anyone else, and the animals see she is now obsessed with metallic plastics instead of fur coats. She leads a group of dogs to Cruella's house to kill her. Upon arrival in London, the White Persian Cat suggests Cruella, now back in London, must be behind the mysterious sleeping. These three are also awake, thanks to being named 'honorary dogs' after the events of the first book. Willow, and the female White Persian Cat. Two Fox Terriers hear the General (the Old English Sheepdog) barking he reveals he will soon be arriving with his owner's little son Tommy, the farm tabby Mrs. Roly Poly makes a friend of George, the Foreign Secretary's Boxer, and the two set off to adventure together. Cadpig and her Cabinet (the human Cabinet's dogs) hold a meeting with Pongo and Missis to decide what to do next. They 'swoosh' to London and are escorted by Police Dogs to 10 Downing Street. Pongo and Missis select a squad of fifty Dalmatians, including their adult sons Patch, Lucky, and Roly Poly. The dogs discover they can 'swoosh', or hover at tremendous speed over the ground.

Cadpig, now acting Prime Minister in the humans' absence, orders her parents to come help her in London, where hundreds of dogs are arriving awaiting her advice. Doors, gates, and machines operate on command, and the dogs are able to communicate via 'thought waves' to others many miles away. One morning, the dogs find all other living things besides dogs cannot be wakened. Dearly has allowed some dogs to go to new masters, including giving Cadpig to the Prime Minister. The Dearly family and most of the Dalmatians of the first book still live in Cruella de Vil's old manor house in Suffolk, as do many of the other rescued Dalmatians and a married couple of White Persian cats. Īuthor Elizabeth Hand praised the 'sophisticated canine society' in the novel. Disney archivist Dave Smith said that he was unaware of any considerations for adapting the novel, although Walt Disney was interested in doing another project based on Smith's further writings. It is a sequel to the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians.Īlthough The Hundred and One Dalmatians has been adapted into two films (animated: One Hundred and One Dalmatians and live-action: 101 Dalmatians), and each version has a sequel film ( 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure and 102 Dalmatians), neither sequel film has any connection to The Starlight Barking.

The Starlight Barking is a 1967 children's novel by Dodie Smith.

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