He answered most questions with "Don't know." His father said he was "bright as a button", so his mother called him Button-Bright. He wore a sailor suit and had curly hair, a round, chubby face and big, blue eyes. When he first met Dorothy Gale, Button-Bright was a very young boy. " ― The Road to Oz (1909)īutton Bright meets Dorothy Gale in the Marvel Comic Oz series. That name is as good as any, and even better than some. "We'll call the boy Button-Bright, as his mama does. "What is your papa's name?" "Just Papa." "What else?" "Don't know." "Oh Never mind," said the Shaggy Man, smiling. "Papa always said I was as cute and bright as a button so mama always called me Button-Bright," he said. What does your mother call you?" He paused in his digging and tried to think.
You must have an original name." "Must I?" "To be sure. It's just a-a thing to call you by, like a nickname. "Button-Bright." "That isn't a really-truly name!" she exclaimed. "But what's your real name?" she inquired. His face was round and chubby and his eyes were big, blue and earnest. Dorothy and Toto and the Shaggy Man came to a halt before the little boy, who kept on digging in a sober and persistent fashion. He must have been digging some time, because the hole was already big enough to drop a football into. " In the shade sat a little boy dressed in sailor clothes, who was digging a hole in the earth with a broken branch.
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