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Oh dear, oh dear, what a horrible experience! My tail was still on fire when I landed, too. OH DEAR OH DEAR WHAT A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE MY TAIL WAS STILL ON FIRE WHEN I LANDED TOO
 met his eyes. There was the Phoenix, dangling by one foot from the snare, its wings feebly struggling and its free foot clawing the air. The feathers of its wings and tail were singed. Great beads of sweat rolled from its forehead into a puddle on the ground below. The snared foot was blue and swollen. "Get me down," gasped the Phoenix weakly. David took a running leap at the sapling, which broke under the sudden increase of weight, and the two of them crashed to the ground. He unfastened the noose and dragged the Phoenix to the shadiest, softest spot on the ledge. "Hoist with my own petard," said the Phoenix bitterly. "Rub my foot, will you? Oh dear oh dear oh dear! Hurts." "What happened?" David asked as he rubbed the swollen foot. "How long have you been caught?" "Missed my way in the dark," said the Phoenix, wiping its brow. "Thought I was on the other side of the ledge, and landed right on that fool trap. Hung there all night and all morning. Thought you would never come, my boy. D JUMPED THROUGH THE THICKET A PITIFUL SIGHT MET HIS EYES THERE WAS THE PHOENIX DANGLING BY ONE FOOT FROM THE SNARE ITS WINGS FEEBLY STRUGGLING AND ITS FREE FOOT CLAWING THE AIR THE FEATHERS OF ITS WINGS AND TAIL WERE SINGED GREAT BEADS OF SWEAT ROLLED FROM ITS FOREHEAD INTO A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND BELOW THE SNARED FOOT WAS BLUE AND SWOLLEN GET ME DOWN GASPED THE PHOENIX WEAKLY DAVID TOOK A RUNNING LEAP AT THE SAPLING WHICH BROKE UNDER THE SUDDEN INCREASE OF WEIGHT AND THE TWO OF THEM CRASHED TO THE GROUND HE UNFASTENED THE NOOSE AND DRAGGED THE PHOENIX TO THE SHADIEST SOFTEST SPOT ON THE LEDGE HOIST WITH MY OWN PETARD SAID THE PHOENIX BITTERLY RUB MY FOOT WILL YOU OH DEAR OH DEAR OH DEAR HURTS WHAT HAPPENED DAVID ASKED AS HE RUBBED THE SWOLLEN FOOT HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CAUGHT MISSED MY WAY IN THE DARK SAID THE PHOENIX WIPING ITS BROW THOUGHT I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGE AND LANDED RIGHT ON THAT FOOL TRAP HUNG THERE ALL NIGHT AND ALL MORNING THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER COME MY BOY
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