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some of the attendants and were in no hurry to leave such comfortable
quarters.
The Keeper of the Wicket was by this time back in his old place, but he
kept a safe distance from Toto. Dorothy bade good bye to the King as
they stood just inside the wall.
"
You've been good to me," she said, "and I thank you ever so much. As
soon as poss'ble I'll see Glinda and ask her to put another King in your
place and send you back into the wild forest. And I'll ask her to let you
keep some of your clothes and the lily chair and one or two jugglers to
amuse you. I'm sure she will do it, 'cause she's so kind she doesn't like
any one to be unhappy."
"
Ahem!" said the King, looking rather downcast. "I don't like to trouble
you with my misery; so you needn't see Glinda."
"
"
Oh, yes I will," she replied. "It won't be any trouble at all."
But, my dear," continued the King, in an embarrassed way, "I've been
thinking the subject over carefully, and I find there are a lot of pleasant
things here in Bunnybury that I would miss if I went away. So perhaps
I'd better stay."
Dorothy laughed. Then she looked grave.
"
It won't do for you to be a King and a cry-baby at the same time," she
said. "You've been making all the other rabbits unhappy and
discontented with your howls about being so miserable. So I guess it's
better to have another King."
"
Oh, no indeed!" exclaimed the King, earnestly. "If you won't say
anything to Glinda I'll promise to be merry and gay all the time, and
never cry or wail again."
"
"
"
Honor bright?" she asked.
On the royal word of a King I promise it!" he answered.
All right," said Dorothy. "You'd be a reg'lar lunatic to want to leave
Bunnybury for a wild life in the forest, and I'm sure any rabbit outside
the city would be glad to take your place."
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