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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. 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
into the notch, which holds it down. You see, my boy? Now we make a noose--so--from a piece of rope, tie it to the end of the sapling, and spread the loop out on the path--this way. The whole snare is hidden under grass and leaves." The Phoenix beamed and flung out its wings in a dramatic gesture. "Just picture it, my dear chap! The Scientist, smiling evilly as he skulks along the path! The unwary footstep! The sapling, jarred out of the notch, springing upward! The tightened noose! And our archenemy dangling by the foot in mid-air, completely at our mercy! Magnificent!" "Golly, Phoenix," said David, "that's pretty clever." "_Clever_, my boy? Better to say 'a stroke of genius.' Only I, Phoenix, could have thought of it. And consider the poetic justice of it! 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. D DRIVE IT INTO THE GROUND SO THE SAPLING IS BENT DOWN TO IT AND FITTED INTO THE NOTCH WHICH HOLDS IT DOWN YOU SEE MY BOY NOW WE MAKE A NOOSE SO FROM A PIECE OF ROPE TIE IT TO THE END OF THE SAPLING AND SPREAD THE LOOP OUT ON THE PATH THIS WAY THE WHOLE SNARE IS HIDDEN UNDER GRASS AND LEAVES THE PHOENIX BEAMED AND FLUNG OUT ITS WINGS IN A DRAMATIC GESTURE JUST PICTURE IT MY DEAR CHAP THE SCIENTIST SMILING EAGERLY AS HE SKULKS ALONG THE PATH THE UNWARY FOOTSTEP THE SAPLING JARRED OUT OF THE NOTCH SPRINGING UPWARD THE TIGHTENED NOOSE AND OUR ARCHENEMY DANGLING BY THE FOOT IN MID AIR COMPLETELY AT OUR MERCY MAGNIFICENT GOLLY PHOENIX SAID DAVID THAT'S PRETTY CLEVER CLEVER MY BOY BETTER TO SAY A STROKE OF GENIUS ONLY I PHOENIX COULD HAVE THOUGHT 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
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