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"

Maybe

not

;

but

I

’

m

used

to

sitting

in

it

and

I

’

d

like

to

take

it

with

me

,

"

he

answered

.

"

But

here

come

the

ladies

and

gentlemen

of

the

court

;

so

please

sit

beside

me

and

be

presented

.

"

Just

then

a

rabbit

band

of

nearly

fifty

pieces

marched

in

,

playing

upon

golden

instruments

and

dressed

in

neat

uniforms

.

Following

the

band

came

the

nobility

of

Bunnybury

,

all

richly

dressed

and

hopping

along

on

their

rear

legs

.

Both

the

ladies

and

the

gentlemen

wore

white

gloves

upon

their

paws

,

with

their

rings

on

the

outside

of

the

gloves

,

as

this

seemed

to

be

the

fashion

here

.

Some

of

the

lady

rabbits

carried

lorgnettes

,

while

many

of

the

gentlemen

rabbits

wore

monocles

in

their

left

eyes

.

The

courtiers

and

their

ladies

paraded

past

the

King

,

who

introduced

Princess

Dorothy

to

each

couple

in

a

very

graceful

manner

.

Then

the

company

seated

themselves

in

chairs

and

on

sofas

and

looked

expectantly

at

their

monarch

.

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"

It

is

our

royal

duty

,

as

well

as

our

royal

pleasure

,

"

he

said

,

"

to

provide

fitting

entertainment

for

our

distinguished

guest

.

We

will

now

present

the

Royal

Band

of

Whiskered

Friskers

.

"

As

he

spoke

the

musicians

,

who

had

arranged

themselves

in

a

corner

,

struck

up

a

dance

melody

while

into

the

room

pranced

the

Whiskered

Friskers

.

They

were

eight

pretty

rabbits

dressed

only

in

gauzy

purple

skirts

fastened

around

their

waists

with

diamond

bands

.

Their

whiskers

were

colored

a

rich

purple

,

but

otherwise

they

were

pure

white

.

After

bowing

before

the

King

and

Dorothy

the

Friskers

began

their

pranks

,

and

these

were

so

comical

that

Dorothy

laughed

with

real

enjoyment

.

They

not

only

danced

together

,

whirling

and

gyrating

around

the

room

,

but

they

leaped

over

one

another

,

stood

upon

their

heads

and

hopped

and

skipped

here

and

there

so

nimbly

that

it

was

hard

work

to

keep

track

of

them

.

Finally

,

they

all

made

double

somersaults

and

turned

handsprings

out

of

the

room

.

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The

nobility

enthusiastically

applauded

,

and

Dorothy

applauded

with

them

.

"

They

’

re

fine

!

"

she

said

to

the

King

.

"

Yes

,

the

Whiskered

Friskers

are

really

very

clever

,

"

he

replied

.

"

I

shall

hate

to

part

with

them

when

I

go

away

,

for

they

have

often

amused

me

when

I

was

very

miserable

.

I

wonder

if

you

would

ask

Glinda

-

-

"

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