Путешествие в Страну Оз

           "Butweemployourwisdomtodogood,insteadofharm;sothathorridAesopdidnotknowwhathewastalkingabout."

           Theydidnotliketocontradicthim,becausetheyfeltheoughttoknowthenatureoffoxesbetterthanmendid;sotheysatstillandwatchedtheplay,andButton-Brightbecamesointerestedthatforthetimeheforgotheworeafoxhead.

           Afterwardtheywentbacktothepalaceandsleptinsoftbedsstuffedwithfeathers;forthefoxesraisedmanyfowlforfood,andusedtheirfeathersforclothingandtosleepupon.

           DorothywonderedwhytheanimalslivinginFoxvilledidnotwearjusttheirownhairyskinsaswildfoxesdo;whenshementionedittoKingDoxhesaidtheyclothedthemselvesbecausetheywerecivilized.

           "Butyouwerebornwithoutclothes,"sheobserved,"andyoudon’tseemtometoneedthem."

           "Sowerehumanbeingsbornwithoutclothes,"hereplied;"anduntiltheybecamecivilizedtheyworeonlytheirnaturalskins.Buttobecomecivilizedmeanstodressaselaboratelyandprettilyaspossible,andtomakeashowofyourclothessoyourneighborswillenvyyou,andforthatreasonbothcivilizedfoxesandcivilizedhumansspendmostoftheirtimedressingthemselves."

           "Idon’t,"declaredtheshaggyman.

           "Thatistrue,"saidtheKing,lookingathimcarefully;"butperhapsyouarenotcivilized."

           Afterasoundsleepandagoodnight’sresttheyhadtheirbreakfastwiththeKingandthenbadehisMajestygood-bye.

           "You’vebeenkindtous—’ceptpoorButton-Bright,"saidDorothy,"andwe’vehadanicetimeinFoxville.