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           Dorothybentover,too,andbegantoarrangeherhair,blownbythedesertwindintostragglingtangles.Button-Brightleanedovertheedgenext,andthenbegantocry,forthesightofhisfoxheadfrightenedthepoorlittlefellow.

           "IguessIwon’tlook,"remarkedtheshaggyman,sadly,forhedidn’tlikehisdonkeyhead,either.WhilePollyandDorothytriedtocomfortButton-Bright,theshaggymansatdownneartheedgeofthepool,wherehisimagecouldnotbereflected,andstaredatthewaterthoughtfully.Ashedidthishenoticedasilverplatefastenedtoarockjustunderthesurfaceofthewater,andonthesilverplatewasengravedthesewords:

           THETRUTHPOND

           "Ah!"criedtheshaggyman,springingtohisfeetwitheagerjoy;"we’vefounditatlast."

           "Foundwhat?"askedDorothy,runningtohim.

           "TheTruthPond.Now,atlast,Imaygetridofthisfrightfulhead;forweweretold,youremember,thatonlytheTruthPondcouldrestoretomemyproperface."

           "Me,too!"shoutedButton-Bright,trottinguptothem.

           "Ofcourse,"saidDorothy."Itwillcureyoubothofyourbadheads,Iguess.Isn’titluckywefoundit?"

           "Itis,indeed,"repliedtheshaggyman."IhateddreadfullytogotoPrincessOzmalookinglikethis;andshe’stohaveabirthdaycelebration,too."

           Justthenasplashstartledthem,forButton-Bright,inhisanxietytoseethepoolthatwould"cure"him,hadsteppedtooneartheedgeandtumbledheelsoverheadintothewater.Downhewent,outofsightentirely,sothatonlyhissailorhatfloatedonthetopoftheTruthPond.