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7. The Shaggy Man's Transformation

           

           AfterwardtheKingcalledthebrowndonkey,whichwashisfavoriteservant,andbadeitleadhisgueststothevacanthousewheretheyweretopassthenight.Ithadonlyoneroomandnofurnitureexceptbedsofcleanstrawandafewmatsofwovengrasses;butourtravelerswerecontentedwiththesesimplethingsbecausetheyrealizeditwasthebesttheDonkey-Kinghadtoofferthem.Assoonasitwasdarktheylaydownonthematsandsleptcomfortablyuntilmorning.

           Atdaybreaktherewasadreadfulnoisethroughoutthecity.Everydonkeyintheplacebrayed.Whenheheardthistheshaggymanwokeupandcalledout"Hee-haw!"asloudashecould.

           "Stopthat!"saidButton-Bright,inacrossvoice.BothDorothyandPollylookedattheshaggymanreproachfully.

           "Icouldn’thelpit,mydears,"hesaid,asifashamedofhisbray;"butI’lltrynottodoitagain."

           Ofcoursedtheyforgavehim,forashestillhadtheLoveMagnetinhispockettheywereallobligedtolovehimasmuchasever.

           TheydidnotseetheKingagain,butKik-a-brayrememberedthem;foratableappearedagainintheirroomwiththesamefooduponitasonthenightbefore.

           "Don’twantpieforbreakfus’,"saidButton-Bright.

           "I’llgiveyousomeofmybeefsteak,"proposedDorothy;"there’splentyforusall."

           Thatsuitedtheboybetter,buttheshaggymansaidhewascontentwithhisapplesandsandwiches,althoughheendedthemealbyeatingButton-Bright’spie.Pollylikedherdewdropsandmist-cakesbetterthananyotherfood,sotheyallenjoyedanexcellentbreakfast

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