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4. King Dox
"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.