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Do YOU know what's going to become of me?" he asked.
Not--not 'zactly," she admitted.
Do you know what's going to become of YOU?" he continued, earnestly.
I can't say I do," replied Dorothy, remembering her present difficulties.
The shaggy man laughed.
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No one knows everything, Dorothy," he said.
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But Button-Bright doesn't seem to know ANYthing," she declared. "Do you,
Button-Bright?"
He shook his head, which had pretty curls all over it, and replied with perfect
calmness:
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Don't know."
Never before had Dorothy met with anyone who could give her so little
information. The boy was evidently lost, and his people would be sure to
worry about him. He seemed two or three years younger than Dorothy, and
was prettily dressed, as if someone loved him dearly and took much pains to
make him look well. How, then, did he come to be in this lonely road? she
wondered.
Near Button-Bright, on the ground, lay a sailor hat with a gilt anchor on the
band. His sailor trousers were long and wide at the bottom, and the broad
collar of his blouse had gold anchors sewed on its corners. The boy was still
digging at his hole.
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Have you ever been to sea?" asked Dorothy.
To see what?" answered Button-Bright.
I mean, have you ever been where there's water?"
Yes," said Button-Bright; "there's a well in our back yard."
You don't understand," cried Dorothy. "I mean, have you ever been on a big
ship floating on a big ocean?"
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