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No; because we are watchful and able to protect ourselves," answered the
captain. "But this road leads to another village peopled by big, stupid beasts
who might cause us trouble if they thought we were afraid of them."
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What beasts are they?" asked the shaggy man.
The captain hesitated to answer. Finally, he said:
You will learn all about them when you arrive at their city. But do not be
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afraid of them. Button-Bright is so wonderfully clever and has now such an
intelligent face that I'm sure he will manage to find a way to protect you."
This made Dorothy and the shaggy man rather uneasy, for they had not so
much confidence in the fox-boy's wisdom as the captain seemed to have. But
as their escort would say no more about the beasts, they bade him good-bye
and proceeded on their journey.
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