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Then she tripped back to them with sparkling eyes and smiling cheeks , having regained her usual happy mood and forgotten all her worry about being lost . They found her a charming companion , and her dancing and laughter -- for she laughed at times like the tinkling of a silver bell -- did much to enliven their journey and keep them contented . 6 . The City Of Beasts When noon came they opened the Fox-King 's basket of luncheon , and found a nice roasted turkey with cranberry sauce and some slices of bread and butter . As they sat on the grass by the roadside the shaggy man cut up the turkey with his pocket-knife and passed slices of it around . `` Have n't you any dewdrops , or mist-cakes , or cloudbuns ? '' asked Polychrome , longingly . ''