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All thought of the bird was immediately driven from his head. He could tell from the noise that it was one of those big black and yellow fuzzy bees, the ones with the nasty dispositions. Perhaps  the thought paralyzed him  perhaps he was lying on its nest. ALL THOUGHT OF THE BIRD WAS IMMEDIATELY DRIVEN FROM HIS HEAD HE COULD TELL FROM THE NOISE THAT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BIG BLACK AND YELLOW FUZZY BEES THE ONES WITH THE NASTY DISPOSITIONS PERHAPS THE THOUGHT PARALYZED HIM PERHAPS HE WAS LYING ON ITS NEST
d began once more. "_Vivo, vives, vive_--quite correct so far. Ah--_vi_--ah--Oh, dear, these verbs! Where was I? Oh, yes. _Vivo_--" David's head reeled as he watched this amazing performance. There was no need to pinch himself to see if he were dreaming: he was perfectly wide awake. Everything else around him was behaving in a normal way. The mountain was solid beneath him, the sunlight streamed down as before. Yet there was the bird, unmistakably before him, undeniably studying its book and speaking to itself. David's mind caught hold of a phrase and repeated it over and over again: "What on _earth_? What on _earth_?" But of course there was no answer to that question. And he might have lain hidden there all day, staring out at the bird and marveling, had it not been for a bee which came droning into the thicket straight for him. He had a horror of bees, ever since he had once bumped into a hive by mistake. When he heard that dread sound approaching, his whole body broke into a sweat. N A FIRM TONE LOOKED CAREFULLY THE OTHER WAY AND BEGAN ONCE MORE VIVO VIVASSE VIVE QUITE CORRECT SO FAR AH V AH OH DEAR THESE VERBS WHERE WAS I OH YES VI VO DAVID'S HEAD REELED AS HE WATCHED THIS AMAZING PERFORMANCE THERE WAS NO NEED TO PINCH HIMSELF TO SEE IF HE WERE DREAMING HE WAS PERFECTLY WIDE AWAKE EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND HIM WAS BEHAVING IN A NORMAL WAY THE MOUNTAIN WAS SOLID BENEATH HIM THE SUNLIGHT STREAMED DOWN AS BEFORE YET THERE WAS THE BIRD UNMISTAKABLY BEFORE HIM UNDENIABLY STUDYING ITS BOOK AND SPEAKING TO ITSELF DAVID'S MIND CAUGHT HOLD OF A PHRASE AND REPEATED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHAT ON EARTH WHAT ON EARTH BUT OF COURSE THERE WAS NO ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AND HE MIGHT HAVE LAIN HIDDEN THERE ALL DAY STARING OUT AT THE BIRD AND MARVELLING HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A BEE WHICH CAME DRONING INTO THE THICKET STRAIGHT FOR HIM HE HAD A HORROR OF BEES EVER SINCE HE HAD ONCE BUMPED INTO A HIVE BY MISTAKE WHEN HE HEARD THAT DREAD SOUND APPROACHING HIS WHOLE BODY BROKE INTO A SWEAT
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