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19. How Bunnybury Welcomed the Strangers
Buttherabbitpeoplewere,afterall,themostamazingthingsDorothysaw.Thestreetswerefullofthem,andtheircostumesweresosplendidthattherichdressoftheKeeperoftheWicketwascommonplacewhencomparedwiththeothers.Silksandsatinsofdelicatehuesseemedalwaysusedformaterial,andnearlyeverycostumesparkledwithexquisitegems.
Buttheladyrabbitsoutshonethegentlemenrabbitsinsplendor,andthecutoftheirgownswasreallywonderful.Theyworebonnets,too,withfeathersandjewelsinthem,andsomewheeledbabycarriagesinwhichthegirlcouldseeweebunnies.Somewerelyingasleepwhileotherslaysuckingtheirpawsandlookingaroundthemwithbigpinkeyes.
AsDorothywasnobiggerinsizethanthegrown-uprabbitsshehadachancetoobservethemcloselybeforetheynoticedherpresence.Thentheydidnotseematallalarmed,althoughthelittlegirlnaturallybecamethecenterofattractionandregardedherwithgreatcuriosity.
"Makeway!"criedtheKeeperoftheWicket,inapompousvoice;"makewayforPrincessDorothy,whocomesfromOzmaofOz."
Hearingthisannouncement,thethrongofrabbitsgaveplacetothemonthewalks,andasDorothypassedalongtheyallbowedtheirheadsrespectfully.
WalkingthusthroughseveralhandsomestreetstheycametoasquareinthecenteroftheCity.InthissquareweresomeprettytreesandastatueinbronzeofGlindatheGood,whilebeyonditweretheportalsoftheRoyalPalace--anextensiveandimposingbuildingofwhitemarblecoveredwithafiligreeoffrostedgold.
