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Of a Dragon who, having no treasure to guard, got together a pathetic heap of colored pebbles in its cave. ("And really, he came to believe in time that they were absolutely priceless, and went about with a worried frown of responsibility on his brow!") OF A DRAGON WHO HAVING NO TREASURE TO GUARD GOT TOGETHER A PATHETIC HEAP OF COLOURED PEBBLES IN ITS CAVE AND REALLY HE CAME TO BELIEVE IN TIME THAT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS AND WENT ABOUT WITH A WORRIED FROWN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS BROW
the murmuring seemed to say, "don't talk, don't think--close your eyes and listen." Below them, the whole valley danced and wavered in the heat waves, so that it seemed to be under water. There were long, lazy conversations that began nowhere and ended nowhere--the wonderful kind in which you say whatever comes to your head without fear of being misunderstood, because what you say has little importance anyway. The Phoenix told of the times and adventures it had had. Of the forgotten corners of the world where life went on as it had from the beginning, and of friends who lived there. Of Trolls who mined metal from the earth and made from it wondrous machines which whirred and clattered and clanked and did absolutely nothing. ("The best kind of machine after all, my boy, since they injure no one, and there is nothing to worry about when they break down.") Of Unicorns ("Excellent chaps, but so frightfully melancholy") which shone white in the sun and tossed their ivory horns like rapiers.  WITH A LAZY MURMURING LISTEN THE MURMURING SEEMED TO SAY DON'T TALK DON'T THINK CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN BELOW THEM THE WHOLE VALLEY DANCED AND WAVERED IN THE HEAT WAVES SO THAT IT SEEMED TO BE UNDER WATER THERE WERE LONG LAZY CONVERSATIONS THAT BEGAN NOWHERE AND ENDED NOWHERE THE WONDERFUL KIND IN WHICH YOU SAY WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR HEAD WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAY HAS LITTLE IMPORTANCE ANYWAY THE PHOENIX TOLD OF THE TIMES AND ADVENTURES IT HAD HAD OF THE FORGOTTEN CORNERS OF THE WORLD WHERE LIFE WENT ON AS IT HAD FROM THE BEGINNING AND OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE THERE OF TROLLS WHO MINED METAL FROM THE EARTH AND MADE FROM IT WONDROUS MACHINES WHICH WHIRRED AND CLATTERED AND CLANKED AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THE BEST KIND OF A MACHINE AFTER ALL MY BOY SINCE THEY INJURE NO ONE AND THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN OF UNICORNS EXCELLENT CHAPS BUT SO FRIGHTFULLY MELANCHOLY WHICH SHONE WHITE IN THE SUN AND TOSSED THEIR IVORY HORNS LIKE RAPIERS
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