# Bouton — Short Fiction character guide

> Bouton in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the servile Bouton

**First appearance:** 0036-i

## Who they are

A servant or valet in a story.

## In the story

### [A Slav Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/a-slav-soul)

Yasha's yard-dog, whose behavior contrasts between serious at home and frivolous in the streets; he mourns Yasha at his grave and then disappears.

### [Dogs' Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/dogs-happiness)

A servile dog who echoes the opinions of others and shows cringing eagerness to please the mouse-coloured dog.

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