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"
I don't like that song," he said to the Warblers. "Give us something jolly
and rollicking."
So they sang to a joyous, tinkling melody as follows:
"
Bunnies gay
Delight to play In their fairy town secure;
Ev'ry frisker
Flirts his whisker At a pink-eyed girl demure.
Ev'ry
maid
In silk arrayed At her partner shyly glances,
Paws are
grasped,
together
Each is very
Life is fun
dangers
Waists are clasped As they whirl in giddy dances.
Through the heather 'Neath the moonlight soft they stroll;
Blithe and merry, Gamboling with laughter droll.
Then
To ev'ry one Guarded by our magic charm
For to
We are strangers, Safe from any thought of harm."
"
You see," said Dorothy to the King, when the song ended, "the rabbits
all seem to like Bunnybury except you. And I guess you're the only one
that ever has cried or was unhappy and wanted to get back to your
muddy hole in the ground."
His Majesty seemed thoughtful, and while the servants passed around
glasses of nectar and plates of frosted cakes their King was silent and a
bit nervous.
When the refreshments had been enjoyed by all and the servants had
retired Dorothy said:
"
I must go now, for it's getting late and I'm lost. I've got to find the
Wizard and Aunt Em and Uncle Henry and all the rest sometime before
night comes, if I poss'bly can."
"
Won't you stay with us?" asked the King. "You will be very welcome."
"
No, thank you," she replied. "I must get back to my friends. And I want
to see Glinda just as soon as I can, you know."
So the King dismissed his court and said he would himself walk with
Dorothy to the gate. He did not weep nor groan any more, but his long
face was quite solemn and his big ears hung dejectedly on each side of it.
He still wore his crown and his ermine and walked with a handsome
gold-headed cane.
When they arrived at the room in the wall the little girl found Toto and
Billina waiting for her very patiently. They had been liberally fed by
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