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           KingRenardIVshookhishead.

           "Ican’tdothat,"hesaid;"Ihaven’tthepower,evenifIwantedto.No,Button-Brightmustwearhisfoxhead,andhe’llbesuretoloveitdearlyassoonashegetsusedtoit."

           BoththeshaggymanandDorothylookedgraveandanxious,fortheyweresorrowfulthatsuchamisfortunehadovertakentheirlittlecompanion.Totobarkedatthefox-boyonceortwice,notrealizingitwashisformerfriendwhonowworetheanimalhead;butDorothycuffedthedogandmadehimstop.Asforthefoxes,theyallseemedtothinkButton-Bright’snewheadverybecomingandthattheirKinghadconferredagreathonoronthislittlestranger.Itwasfunnytoseetheboyreachuptofeelofhissharpnoseandwidemouth,andwailafreshwithgrief.Hewaggedhisearsinacomicalmannerandtearswereinhislittleblackeyes.ButDorothycouldn’tlaughatherfriendjustyet,becauseshefeltsosorry.

           Justthenthreelittlefox-princesses,daughtersoftheKing,enteredtheroom,andwhentheysawButton-Brightoneexclaimed:"Howlovelyheis!"andthenextonecriedindelight:"Howsweetheis!"andthethirdprincessclappedherhandswithpleasureandsaid,"Howbeautifulheis!"

           Button-Brightstoppedcryingandaskedtimidly:

           "AmI?"

           "Inalltheworldthereisnotanotherfacesopretty,"declaredthebiggestfox-princess.

           "Youmustlivewithusalways,andbeourbrother,"saidthenext.

           "Weshallallloveyoudearly,"thethirdsaid.

           Thispraisedidmuchtocomforttheboy,andhelookedaroundandtriedtosmile.