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And it had not said when it would return. AND IT HAD NOT SAID WHEN IT WOULD RETURN
y and silently as he could, he pulled on his clothes, crept out of his room, and slid cautiously down the bannister. In the back yard he put on his shoes, dived through the hedge, and started to race up the mountainside. Fortunately there was a nearly-full moon and no clouds in the sky. But even with this light, it was not easy to keep to the trail. Several times he lost his way, so that the trip took much longer than usual. But he found the ledge at last, climbed over the final difficult rock, and sat down to catch his breath. When he could speak, he called softly: "Phoenix!" There was no answer. "Phoenix!" He pushed through the thicket to the other side of the ledge. "_Phoenix!_" The Phoenix was gone. The tears that had been stopped up all evening could be held no longer. David dropped to the ground, leaned his forehead against a rock, and let them go. He had just remembered. As soon as they had come back from the Gryffon adventure, the Phoenix had flown off on some sort of business. AKE SURE EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP AS QUICKLY AND SILENTLY AS HE COULD HE PULLED ON HIS CLOTHES CREPT OUT OF HIS ROOM AND SLID CAUTIOUSLY DOWN THE BANISTER IN THE BACK YARD HE PUT ON HIS SHOES DIVED THROUGH THE HEDGE AND STARTED TO RACE UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A NEARLY FULL MOON AND NO CLOUDS IN THE SKY BUT EVEN WITH THIS LIGHT IT WAS NOT EASY TO KEEP TO THE TRAIL SEVERAL TIMES HE LOST HIS WAY SO THAT THE TRIP TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL BUT HE FOUND THE LEDGE AT LAST CLIMBED OVER THE FINAL DIFFICULT ROCK AND SAT DOWN TO CATCH HIS BREATH WHEN HE COULD SPEAK HE CALLED SOFTLY PHOENIX THERE WAS NO ANSWER PHOENIX HE PUSHED THROUGH THE THICKET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGE PHOENIX THE PHOENIX WAS GONE THE TEARS THAT HAD BEEN STOPPED UP ALL EVENING COULD BE HELD NO LONGER DAVID DROPPED TO THE GROUND LEANED HIS FOREHEAD AGAINST A ROCK AND LET THEM GO HE HAD JUST REMEMBERED AS SOON AS THEY HAD COME BACK FROM THE GRIFFIN ADVENTURE THE PHOENIX HAD FLOWN OFF ON SOME SORT OF BUSINESS
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