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"Ah! Come back on Saturday. Saturday afternoon. I generally get up on Saturday ... in the ... afternoon...." The words faded into a snore. "There you are, my dear fellow," said the Phoenix. "Just as I said. AH COME BACK ON SATURDAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON I GENERALLY GET UP ON SATURDAY IN THE AFTERNOON THE WORDS FADED INTO A SNORE THERE YOU ARE MY DEAR FELLOW SAID THE PHOENIX JUST AS I SAID
 shouting "HEY!" and "WAKE UP!" at the top of their lungs. It was hot work, and David finally admitted to himself that the Phoenix had been right. But before he could say so, the Phoenix completely lost its temper and savagely bit the Gryffen's tail. That did it. The Gryffen opened one eye halfway and said, "Unffniph?" "GET UP!!" the Phoenix bellowed. The Gryffen struggled into a sitting position and yawned a tremendous and noisy yawn. Then it squinted blearily at David and murmured, "What day is it?" [Illustration] "Wednesday," David said. "Could you please tell us--" "Oh, Wednesday," said the Gryffen. It thought about this for a while, mumbling "Wednesday ... Wednesday ..." to itself. It lifted one leg as if to scratch the fly bites, changed its mind in mid-gesture, and dropped the leg again. "Oh, _Wednesday_," it said at last. "So it isn't Saturday?" "No," said David. "What we want to know is--" "Not Saturday," said the Gryffen, sinking down to the ground with a huge sigh of relief. WING AND THE PHOENIX SEIZED ITS TAIL FOR THE NEXT TEN MINUTES THEY KICKED AND PULLED AND POUNDED SHOUTING HEY AND WAKE UP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS IT WAS HOT WORK AND DAVID FINALLY ADMITTED TO HIMSELF THAT THE PHOENIX HAD BEEN RIGHT BUT BEFORE HE COULD SAY SO THE PHOENIX COMPLETELY LOST ITS TEMPER AND SAVAGELY BIT THE GRYPHON'S TAIL THAT DID IT THE GRYPHON OPENED ONE EYE HALF WAY AND SAID UNUM GET UP THE PHOENIX BELLOWED THE GRYFFIN STRUGGLED INTO A SITTING POSITION AND YAWNED A TREMENDOUS AND NOISY YAWN THEN IT SQUINTED BLEARLY AT DAVID AND MURMURED WHAT DAY IS IT WEDNESDAY DAVID SAID COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US OH WEDNESDAY SAID THE GRYPHON IT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE MUMBLING WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY TO ITSELF IT LIFTED ONE LEG AS IF TO SCRATCH THE FLY BITES CHANGED ITS MIND IN MID GESTURE AND DROPPED THE LEG AGAIN OH WEDNESDAY IT SAID AT LAST SO IT ISN'T SATURDAY NO SAID DAVID WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS NOT SATURDAY SAID THE GRYPHON SINKING DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF
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