~~King Dough and his Court::John Dough and the Cherub
After the with the soldier, Chick to the of the and told John Dough and Para Bruin what the man had said.
"They all a wise and just ruler, who is not of and blood," reported the little one; "so I it's up to you, John, to this island."
"I'm surprised," said Para Bruin, "that they do not a king who is of pure and can bounce. But if they want John Dough of me I'm to in his favor."
"You shall be my Chief Counselor," John; "only I the right to act as I in case I do not like your counsels."
They all a wise and just ruler, who is
not of and blood.
"That is and reasonable," Para Bruin, "and I thank you for the you have upon me."
"I'm going to be Head Booleywag," said Chick, gravely.
"What's that?" asked John.
"It's the one that the ruler," said the Cherub. "So just yourselves—you and your Chief Counselor—and you'll I know my business."
Thereupon the child John Dough to the King's attiring-room, and in the until a and a and were discovered. The was a little from of use, but the in it still brightly; so the set it upon John's and put the in his right hand. Chick the around him in such a way that his missing left hand was not noticed, and then they the man to the great and him in the throne.
He might have looked more had not his nose been and his left so in its that it rolled every way but the right way; however, the the that his shirt-front was and cracked, and that lozenge-buttons had off his adventures. But and a many defects, and when Para Bruin and the Cherub and took a look at their friend they proud of his appearance.
When all had been and John was seated in the throne, Chick to the west door of the and it open, and at the same time Para Bruin opened wide the east door. Then, together, they out to the people:
KING DOUGH THE FIRST
"The King has come! Enter his castle, all ye Hilanders and Lolanders, and the new ruler in a manner!"
The King has come!
So the tall and people in at one door and the and people in at the other; and all with and at the of the king, who was surely not and blood, and might easily be a wise and just ruler.
There was no the of the prophecy; so all John, Chick to his in a shrill, voice as "King Dough the First, ruler of the Twin Kingdoms of Hiland and Loland."
Afterward there was and in cities, and John a on of the great wall, being with of joy.
The man proved a very successful ruler; and as neither he Para Bruin ate anything and Chick returned to a diet of and cream, the King's were very light, and he was not to tax his people to support his state.
One of the laws he was that no one in the two nations should eat that was more than three days old, under pain of death; this his being in when he in either land.
Another thing he did was to a little woman of Loland to make and him a new hand, having five excellent at the end of it. Also she to fit his ear and his nose and his heel, as well as some new coattails; and when the hand and all these were where they belonged, John the in the that the Beaver Fairy had him, and at once the new a part of his body, and he was as perfect as the day he had left Monsieur Jules' bake-shop.
The woman also repaired his and some new lozenge-buttons to his waistcoat, after which John presented so and an that all his people were very proud of him.
Para Bruin also a great in the two cities, and the tall and loved to watch him upon the high that the two nations, from which he would to the ground and again to his station on the wall. He was always good-natured and cheerful, the of the Hilanders by fun at the Lolanders, and the Lolanders by at the Hilanders.
So Para Bruin's life was a happy one, and for years he the close friend and of King Dough the First, the popular and ruler of Hiland and Loland.
The Records of the Kingdom say very little of Chick's later history, the that the King's most valuable was the Head Booleywag, who up to be the of all the of the island. But, enough, the Records fail to the Head Booleywag was a man or a woman.
THE END
