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           Theboywasevidentlylost,andhispeoplewouldbesuretoworryabouthim.HeseemedtwoorthreeyearsyoungerthanDorothy,andwasprettilydressed,asifsomeonelovedhimdearlyandtookmuchpainstomakehimlookwell.How,then,didhecometobeinthislonelyroad?shewondered.

           NearButton-Bright,ontheground,layasailorhatwithagiltanchorontheband.Hissailortrouserswerelongandwideatthebottom,andthebroadcollarofhisblousehadgoldanchorssewedonitscorners.Theboywasstilldiggingathishole.

           "Haveyoueverbeentosea?"askedDorothy.

           "Toseewhat?"answeredButton-Bright.

           "Imean,haveyoueverbeenwherethere’swater?"

           "Yes,"saidButton-Bright;"there’sawellinourbackyard."

           "Youdon’tunderstand,"criedDorothy."Imean,haveyoueverbeenonabigshipfloatingonabigocean?"

           "Don’tknow,"saidhe.

           "Thenwhydoyouwearsailorclothes?"

           "Don’tknow,"heanswered,again.

           Dorothywasindespair.

           "You’rejustAWFULstupid,Button-Bright,"shesaid.

           "AmI?"heasked.

           "Yes,youare."

           "Why?"lookingupatherwithbigeyes.

           Shewasgoingtosay:"Don’tknow,"butstoppedherselfintime.

           "That’sforyoutoanswer,"shereplied.

           "It’snouseaskingButton-Brightquestions,"saidtheshaggyman,whohadbeeneatinganotherapple;"butsomeoneoughttotakecareofthepoorlittlechap,don’tyouthink?Sohe’dbettercomealongwithus."

           Totohadbeenlookingwithgreatcuriosityintheholewhichtheboywasdigging,andgrowingmoreandmoreexcitedeveryminute,perhapsthinkingthatButton-Brightwasaftersomewildanimal