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David jumped up and flung himself between the bird and the Scientist. "It's me!" he cried. "It's David!" The bird gazed at him closely, and a light flickered in its eye as though the name had reached out and almost, but not quite, touched an ancient memory. DAVID JUMPED UP AND FLUNG HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BIRD AND THE SCIENTIST IT'S ME HE CRIED IT'S DAVID THE BIRD GAZED AT HIM CLOSELY AND A LIGHT FLICKERED IN ITS EYE AS THOUGH THE NAME HAD REACHED OUT AND ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE TOUCHED AN ANCIENT MEMORY
vid whispered. "Phoenix." The bird started, turned toward him, looked at him for an instant with wild, fearless eyes, then continued its preening. Suddenly it stopped and cocked its head as if listening to something. Then David heard it too: a shout down the mountainside, louder and clearer now, excited and jubilant. He shivered and looked down. The Scientist was tearing up the goat trail as fast as his long legs would carry him--and he was waving a rifle. "Phoenix!" David cried. "Fly! Fly, Phoenix!" The bird looked at the Scientist, then at David, its glance curious but without understanding. Paralyzed with fear, David remained on his knees as the Scientist reached an open place and threw the gun up to his shoulder. The bullet went whining by with an ugly hornet-noise, and the report of the gun echoed along the scarp. [Illustration] "Fly, Phoenix!" David sobbed. A second bullet snarled at the bird, and spattered out little chips of rock from the inner wall of the ledge. "Oh, fly, fly!  MOVEMENT WAS LIKE A FLASH OF A SILENT EXPLOSION PHOENIX DAVID WHISPERED PHOENIX THE BIRD STARTED TURNED TOWARD HIM LOOKED AT HIM FOR AN INSTANT WITH WILD FEARLESS EYES THEN CONTINUED ITS PREENING SUDDENLY IT STOPPED AND COCKED ITS HEAD AS IF LISTENING TO SOMETHING THEN DAVID HEARD IT TOO A SHOUT DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE LOUDER AND CLEARER NOW EXCITED AND JUBILANT HE SHIVERED AND LOOKED DOWN THE SCIENTIST WAS TEARING UP THE GOAT TRAIL AS FAST AS HIS LONG LEGS WOULD CARRY HIM AND HE WAS WAVING A RIFLE PHOENIX DAVID CRIED FLY FLY PHOENIX THE BIRD LOOKED AT THE SCIENTIST THEN AT DAVID ITS GLANCE CURIOUS BUT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING PARALYZED WITH FEAR DAVID REMAINED ON HIS KNEES AS THE SCIENTIST REACHED AN OPEN PLACE AND THREW THE GUN UP TO HIS SHOULDER THE BULLET WENT WHINING BY WITH AN UGLY HORNET NOISE AND THE REPORT OF THE GUN ECHOED ALONG THE SCARP FLY PHOENIX DAVID SOBBED A SECOND BULLET SNARLED AT THE BIRD AND SPATTERED OUT LITTLE CHIPS OF ROCK FROM THE INNER WALL OF THE LEDGE OH FLY FLY
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