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Once David fell off; the sapling went _swish!_ back into the air, flinging the astonished Phoenix thirty feet up the mountainside. ONCE DAVID FELL OFF THE SAPLING WENT SWISH BACK INTO THE AIR FLINGING THE ASTONISHED PHOENIX THIRTY FEET UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
This is exactly the sort of trap that the Scientist once set for me! Well, shall we begin?" [Illustration] The Phoenix had made the snares sound delightfully simple, but they soon discovered that the job was harder than it sounded. First they had to find the right kind of sapling, springy and strong. The sapling had to be in the right place--one by the goat trail, the other at the far end of the ledge. When they had been chosen, David had to shinny up them to lop off their branches. That was a very awkward business; the saplings swayed and trembled under his weight, and he could only use one hand for the hatchet. Then he had to make two stakes from stout, hard wood, cut a notch at one end, and drive them into the ground with the flat of the hatchet. But the hardest part was trying to bend the sapling down to the stake and fitting it into the notch. It took the weight of both of them to bring the sapling to the ground. If they got the slightest bit off balance, it would spring up again.  OF IT AND CONSIDER THE POETICICE OF IT THIS IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF TRAP THAT THE SCIENTIST ONCE SET FOR ME WELL SHALL WE BEGIN THE PHOENIX HAD MADE THE SNARES SOUND DELIGHTFULLY SIMPLE BUT THEY SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE JOB WAS HARDER THAN IT SOUNDED FIRST THEY HAD TO FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF SAPLING SPRINGY AND STRONG THE SAPLING HAD TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE ONE BY THE GOAT TRAIL THE OTHER AT THE FAR END OF THE LEDGE WHEN THEY HAD BEEN CHOSEN DAVID HAD TO SHINNY UP THEM TO LOP OFF THEIR BRANCHES THAT WAS A VERY AWKWARD BUSINESS THE SAPLING SWAYED AND TREMBLED UNDER HIS WEIGHT AND HE COULD ONLY USE ONE HAND FOR THE HATCHET THEN HE HAD TO MAKE TWO STAKES FROM STOUT HARD WOOD CUT A NOTCH AT ONE END AND DRIVE THEM INTO THE GROUND WITH THE FLAT OF THE HATCHET BUT THE HARDEST PART WAS TRYING TO BEND THE SAPLING DOWN TO THE STAKE AND FITTING IT INTO THE NOTCH IT TOOK THE WEIGHT OF BOTH OF THEM TO BRING THE SAPLING TO THE GROUND IF THEY GOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT OFF BALANCE IT WOULD SPRING UP AGAIN
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