Show 3 iI tn tOY 1 r King Ill ugh his Court FTER the conversation with the soldier ChiCk AFTER A went back to the hall hail ot of the castle and told John Dough and Pare Para Bruin what the man had said Th They r all expect a wIse and just ruler who Is not made of flesh and blood reported the little one 5 Se I guess ta up to yOU John to run this Island Im surprised said Para Bruin that they do not prefer a KIng who Is made mado 0 of pure puro rubber and cnn can bounce But it if they want John Dough instead ot of mo me Im to yield in his r favor vor vorY Y YOu u shall bo be my Chief Counselor replied Johnj only I reserVe the right to act as 1 please In case caso JOhnl I do not like your counsels That is fall fair and reasonable declared Para Bruin and 1 thank you for fOl the honor you have conferred upon me Im going to bo Head said Chick gravely V hats that asked John Its the ono Ofle that rules the tho ruler said the smiling Cherub So just behave and your Chief Chic both find I 1 know now my bust busl n ness ss Thereupon the child led John Dough to the KIngs attiring room and hunted In the tho closets until a fine ermine robe and a crown and sceptre were discovered The crown was a little tarnished from lack of use but the tho jewels In It still sparkled so 60 the bear set It upon Johns gingerbread head nd 1 put ut the sceptre tre in his right hand Chick folded the ormine robe around him In such a 0 way that ills his missing left hand was not noticed and then they led tho gingerbread man to the tho great hall hail and placed him in the tho royal throne Ho He might have havo looked more dignified had bad not his nose been badly chipped and his left glass eye eo so loose in its socket that it rolled every way but the tho l right way however the robe concealed the tho tact fact that hi his was soiled and cracked and that several lozenge buttons had broken ot off during his recent recant ad adventures adventures ventures But kinglY robes and n a kingly Crown cover many det defects and when Para Pam Bruin and the C Cherub erub stOod st od back and took a critical look at their friend they felt quite proud ot of his regal appearance When all had been made mado ready and John was seat seated seated ed in the throne Chick went to the west door ot of the tho castle hall hail and threw it open and at tho same time Para Bruin opened wide the tho east door Then to gelber they crit cried d out to the The King has come Enter his castle castlo an all ye HI landers and and greet the tho now new ruler In Ih a fitting manner So the tall and slender people trooped in ot at one door and the thc short and fat 1 trooped in at the theother theother other and all 1111 gazed with awe aVe and str form torm ot of time the gingerbread ling King who was surely not flesh and blood and might easily bo be a and just ruler There was no disputing the fulfilment of the prophecy so all bowed humbly before John whom Chick introduced ed to his subjects in a 0 shrill childish voice oice Its King Dough the birst ruler of the Twin Kingdoms of and Loland Afterward tt there were feasting and rejoIcing In both cities and John a 3 ro royal nl procession on both sides JIlIo 5 11 l i I j I j tic I He might have looked more dignified of the great wall being everywhere receIved with shouts of enthusiastic joy The gingerbread man proved a very ruler end and as neither ho he nor ncr Para Bruin ate anything and Chick returned to a diet of oatmeal and 2nd cre cream m the Kin g D s expenses ex p vun en ses were tau very light L U and ho he was not zot nul as the Monsieur Jules bakeshop his frosting and also repaired The woman to his waistcoat after buttons some new nev lozenge which John so neat and respectable an ap appearance appearance presented ot of hIm WORe very that all his people a great favorite in the two Pars Para Bruin also became loved to watch him cities and the tall and short stand the high wall that divIded the two nations upon from which he would leap to the ground and imme Immediately bound back again to his station on the walL wail waillie quite win winning and cheerful lie was waR always ning the hearts of the by poking fun at the tiu and afterward th the jeering at the So Pare Para Bruins Ute life was a happy Y one and for tor countless years ho he remained tile the close friend and corn com companion panion or of King Dough the the popular and Kinf worthY ruler a of Hiland and Loland The records of the tho kingdom say very little ot of Chicks later history merely mentionIng the fact that the Kings most assIstant was the Road Head Boo who grew up to be the especIal favorIte of all the inhabitants ot of the Island But curiously enough the he records fall to tate state whether the Head n Or a 8 woman f THE TED END 4 r rw rI w I |