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"I'd go away," David mumbled apologetically, "only I'm stuck." He rubbed his eyes on his sleeve. The bird looked at his dismal face and began to fidget awkwardly. "There, there," it said. "I had no intention of  I am afraid that I  Stuck, did you say? I'D GO AWAY DAVID MUMBLED APOLOGETICALLY ONLY I'M STUCK HE RUBBED HIS EYES ON HIS SLEEVE THE BIRD LOOKED AT HIS DISMAL FACE AND BEGAN TO FIDGET AWKWARDLY THERE THERE IT SAID I HAD NO INTENTION OF I'M AFRAID THAT I STUCK DID YOU SAY
the thicket. He managed to thrash halfway through when a vine trapped his feet. He pitched forward, shielding his face with his arms, and was caught up short by a dead branch snagging his shirt. He was stuck. This was the end. He closed his eyes and waited, too numb with fear to think or cry out. Nothing happened. Slowly he turned his head around. The bird, although it still glared menacingly, seemed undecided whether to attack or flee. "What, may I ask, are you doing here?" it said at last, in a severe voice. "I--I--I was taking a walk," David said faintly. "I'm awfully sorry if I bothered you or anything." "You should not have come up here at _all_," the bird snapped. [Illustration] "Well, I'm really sorry. But there was a bee in the bush here. I--I didn't mean to...." The fright had been too much. Tears started in David's eyes, and his lip began to tremble. The bird seemed reassured, for its manner visibly softened. It lowered and folded its wings, and the glare faded from its eyes.  BEAK OPEN EYES A GLARE COMPLETELY TERRIFIED DAVID TURNED AND BOLTED FOR THE THICKET HE MANAGED TO THRASH HALF WAY THROUGH WHEN A VINE TRAPPED HIS FEET HE PITCHED FORWARD SHIELDING HIS FACE WITH HIS ARMS AND WAS CAUGHT UP SHORT BY A DEAD BRANCH NAGGING HIS SHIRT HE WAS STUCK THIS WAS THE END HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND WAITED TOO NUMB WITH FEAR TO THINK OR CRY OUT NOTHING HAPPENED SLOWLY HE TURNED HIS HEAD AROUND THE BIRD ALTHOUGH IT STILL GLARED MENACINGLY SEEMED UNDECIDED WHETHER TO ATTACK OR FLEE WHAT MAY I ASK ARE YOU DOING HERE IT SAID AT LAST IN A SEVERE VOICE I I WAS TAKING A WALK DAVID SAID FAINTLY I'M AWFULLY SORRY IF I BOTHERED YOU ANYTHING YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE COME UP HERE AT ALL THE BIRD SNAPPED WELL I'M REALLY SORRY BUT THERE WAS A BEE IN THE BUSH HERE I I DIDN'T MEAN TO THE FRIGHT HAD BEEN TOO MUCH TEARS STARTED IN DAVID'S EYES AND HIS LIP BEGAN TO TREMBLE THE BIRD SEEMED REASSURED FOR ITS MANNER VISIBLY SOFTENED IT LOWERED AND FOLDED ITS WINGS AND THE GLARE FADED FROM ITS EYES
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