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And the noise would not be shut out. It grew and grew, popping, crackling, roaring, until it seemed to fill the world.... * * * * * Perhaps he fainted. Or perhaps from numbness he slipped into a kind of deep sleep. Whichever it was, he returned to consciousness again suddenly. His hands had slipped from his ears, and a sound had brought him back. He lifted his head and listened. The fire had burnt itself out now. The only noise was the hiss and pop of dying embers. AND THE NOISE WOULD NOT BE SHUT OUT IT GREW AND GREW POPPING CRACKLING ROARING UNTIL IT SEEMED TO FILL THE WORLD PERHAPS HE FAINTED OR PERHAPS FROM NUMBNESS HE SLIPPED INTO A KIND OF DEEP SLEEP WHICHEVER IT WAS HE RETURNED TO CONSCIOUSNESS AGAIN SUDDENLY HIS HANDS HAD SLIPPED FROM HIS EARS AND A SOUND HAD BROUGHT HIM BACK HE LIFTED HIS HEAD AND LISTENED THE FIRE HAD BURNT ITSELF OUT NOW THE ONLY NOISE WAS THE HISS AND POP OF DYING EMBERS
 And besides, my boy, we shall see each other again. I do not know how or where, but I am positive of it." The Phoenix flicked a tear from its eye with the tip of one wing, while with the other it patted David awkwardly on the shoulder. "Don't go, Phoenix, _please_ don't go." "I must, my boy. Here, permit me to present you with a small token (ouch!) of our friendship." Dimly, through his tears, David saw the Phoenix pluck the longest, bluest feather from its tail, and he felt it being pressed into his hand. "Good-by, David," said the Phoenix gruffly. David could stand it no longer. He turned and rushed blindly from the Phoenix, blundered into the thicket, and dropped to the ground with his head buried in his arms. Behind him he heard the sticks snapping as the Phoenix mounted its pyre. A match rasped against the box. The first tongue of flame sizzled in the branches. David pressed his hands over his ears to shut out the sound, but he could feel the heat of the flames as they sprang up. NTURES WHICH NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS HAD AND BESIDES MY BOY WE SHALL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN I DO NOT KNOW HOW OR WHERE BUT I AM POSITIVE OF IT THE PHOENIX FLICKED A TEAR FROM ITS EYE WITH THE TIP OF ONE WING WHILE WITH THE OTHER IT PATTED DAVID AWKWARDLY ON THE SHOULDER DON'T GO PHOENIX PLEASE DON'T GO I MUST MY BOY HERE PERMIT ME TO PRESENT YOU WITH A SMALL TOKEN OUT OF OUR FRIENDSHIP DIMLY THROUGH HIS TEARS DAVID SAW THE PHOENIX PLUCK THE LONGEST BLUEST FEATHER FROM ITS TAIL AND HE FELT IT BEING PRESSED INTO HIS HAND GOOD BY DAVID SAID THE PHOENIX GRUFFLY DAVID COULD STAND IT NO LONGER HE TURNED AND RUSHED BLINDLY FROM THE PHOENIX BLUNDERED INTO THE THICKET AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND WITH HIS HEAD BURIED IN HIS ARMS BEHIND HIM HE HEARD THE STICK SNAPPING AS THE PHOENIX MOUNTED ITS PYRE A MATCH RASPED AGAINST THE BOX THE FIRST TONGUE OF FLAME SIZZLED IN THE BRANCHES DAVID PRESSED HIS HANDS OVER HIS EARS TO SHUT OUT THE SOUND BUT HE COULD FEEL THE HEAT OF THE FLAMES AS THEY SPRANG UP
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