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第41章

The Ork Rescues Button-Bright I must now tell you what had become of Button-Bright since he wandered away in the morning and got lost.This small boy, as perhaps you have discovered, was almost as destitute of nerves as the Scarecrow.Nothing ever astonished him much; nothing ever worried him or made him unhappy.Good fortune or bad fortune he accepted with a quiet smile, never complaining, whatever happened.This was one reason why Button-Bright was a favorite with all who knew him -- and perhaps it was the reason why he so often got into difficulties, or found himself lost.

To-day, as he wandered here and there, over hill and down dale, he missed Trot and Cap'n Bill, of whom he was fond, but nevertheless he was not unhappy.The birds sang merrily and the wildflowers were beautiful and the breeze had a fragrance of new-mown hay"The only bad thing about this country is its King," he reflected; "but the country isn't to blame for that."A prairie-dog stuck its round head out of a mound of earth and looked at the boy with bright eyes.

"Walk around my house, please," it said, "and then you won't harm it or disturb the babies.""All right," answered Button-Bright, and took care not to step on the mound.He went on, whistling merrily, until a petulant voice cried:

"Oh, stop it! Please stop that noise.It gets on my nerves."Button-Bright saw an old gray owl sitting in the crotch of a tree, and he replied with a laugh: "All right, old Fussy," and stopped whistling until he had passed out of the owl's hearing.At noon he came to a farmhouse where an aged couple lived.They gave him a good dinner and treated him kindly, but the man was deaf and the woman was dumb, so they could answer no questions to guide him on the way to Pon's house.When he left them he was just as much lost as he had been before.

Every grove of trees he saw from a distance he visited, for he remembered that the King's castle was near a grove of trees and Pon's hut was near the King's castle; but always he met with disappointment.Finally, passing through one of these groves, he came out into the open and found himself face to face with the Ork.

"Hello!" said Button-Bright."Where did you come from?""From Orkland," was the reply."I've found my own country, at last, and it is not far from here, either.Iwould have come back to you sooner, to see how you are getting along, had not my family and friends welcomed my return so royally that a great celebration was held in my honor.So I couldn't very well leave Orkland again until the excitement was over.""Can you find your way back home again?" asked the boy.

"Yes, easily; for now I know exactly where it is.But where are Trot and Cap'n Bill?"Button-Bright related to the Ork their adventures since it had left them in Jinxland, telling of Trot's fear that the King had done something wicked to Cap'n Bill, and of Pon's love for Gloria, and how Trot and Button-Bright had been turned out of the King's castle.That was all the news that the boy had, but it made the Ork anxious for the safety of his friends.

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