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"But Phoenix, what did you want with his binoculars?" "I did not want his binoculars, my boy, but _he_ did. His language when he discovered the loss was simply frightful  I could hear it all the way up here. Of course, he had to return to town for another pair." "But he'll be back!" BUT PHOENIX WHAT DID YOU WANT WITH HIS BINOCULARS I DID NOT WANT HIS BINOCULARS MY BOY BUT HE DID HIS LANGUAGE WHEN HE DISCOVERED THE LOSS WAS SIMPLY FRIGHTFUL I COULD HEAR IT ALL THE WAY UP HERE OF COURSE HE HAD TO RETURN TO TOWN FOR ANOTHER PAIR BUT HE'LL BE BACK
ee that the Phoenix knew what it was doing, so everything must be all right. "By the way, my boy," said the Phoenix casually, when they had finished, "my prediction was correct. I knew it would be. The inevitable has occurred." "What are you talking about, Phoenix?" "The Scientist, my boy. He is in our midst once more." David clutched a branch in the heap and said "Oh, Phoenix!" in a frightened voice. "Now, my dear fellow, there is no cause for alarm. He is not nearby at present. I sent him back." "Sent him back? How?" "Nothing to it, my boy," said the Phoenix smugly. "He was up at the crack of dawn, toiling with typical stupidity in full sight on the slope below. He was making a blind of green branches to hide in while he spies on me. (Really, the childishness of his efforts! To think for a minute he could fool _me_ with such tricks!) Well, I waited until he had gone down the slope to cut more greenery, and when his back was turned, I slipped down to the blind and took his binoculars. APING IT UP DAVID KEPT HIS THOUGHTS TO HIMSELF HE COULD SEE THAT THE PHOENIX KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING SO EVERYTHING MUST BE ALL RIGHT BY THE WAY MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX CASUALLY WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED MY PREDICTION WAS CORRECT I KNEW IT WOULD BE THE INEVITABLE HAS OCCURRED WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PHOENIX THE SCIENTIST MY BOY HE IS IN OUR MIDST ONCE MORE DAVID CLUTCHED A BRANCH IN THE HEAP AND SAID OH PHOENIX IN A FRIGHTENED VOICE NOW MY DEAR FELLOW THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM HE IS NOT NEAR BY AT PRESENT I SENT HIM BACK SENT HIM BACK HOW NOTHING TO IT MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX SMUGLY HE WAS UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TOILING WITH TYPICAL STUPIDITY IN FULL SIGHT ON THE SLOPE BELOW HE WAS MAKING A BLIND OF GREEN BRANCHES TO HIDE IN WHILE HE SPIES ON ME REALLY THE CHILDISHNESS OF HIS EFFORTS TO THINK FOR A MINUTE HE COULD FOOL ME WITH SUCH TRICKS WELL I WAITED UNTIL HE HAD GONE DOWN THE SLOPE TO CUT MORE GREENERY AND WHEN HIS BACK WAS TURNED I SLIPPED DOWN TO THE BLIND AND TOOK HIS BINOCULARS
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