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"Phoenix!" David cried. "Fly! Fly, Phoenix!" The bird looked at the Scientist, then at David, its glance curious but without understanding. PHOENIX DAVID CRIED FLY FLY PHOENIX THE BIRD LOOKED AT THE SCIENTIST THEN AT DAVID ITS GLANCE CURIOUS BUT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
! But it was a new and different Phoenix. It was young and wild, with a fierce amber eye; its crest was tall and proud, its body the slim, muscular body of a hunter, its wings narrow and long and pointed like a falcon's, the great beak and talons razor-sharp and curving. And all of it, from crest to talons, was a burnished gold that reflected the sun in a thousand dazzling lights. The bird stretched its wings, shook the ash from its tail, and began to preen itself. Every movement was like the flash of a silent explosion. "Phoenix," David whispered. "Phoenix." The bird started, turned toward him, looked at him for an instant with wild, fearless eyes, then continued its preening. Suddenly it stopped and cocked its head as if listening to something. Then David heard it too: a shout down the mountainside, louder and clearer now, excited and jubilant. He shivered and looked down. The Scientist was tearing up the goat trail as fast as his long legs would carry him--and he was waving a rifle. WAS THE PHOENIX IT MUST BE THE PHOENIX BUT IT WAS A NEW AND DIFFERENT PHOENIX IT WAS YOUNG AND WILD WITH A FIERCE AMBER EYE ITS CREST WAS TALL AND PROUD ITS BODY THE SLIM MUSCULAR BODY OF A HUNTER ITS WINGS NARROW AND LONG AND POINTED LIKE A FALCON'S THE GREAT BEAK AND TALONS RAZOR SHARP AND CURVING AND ALL OF IT FROM CREST TO TALONS WAS A BURNISHED GOLD THAT REFLECTED THE SUN IN A THOUSAND DAZZLING LIGHTS THE BIRD STRETCHED ITS WINGS SHOOK THE ASH FROM ITS TAIL AND BEGAN TO PREEN ITSELF EVERY MOVEMENT WAS LIKE A FLASH OF A SILENT EXPLOSION PHOENIX DAVID WHISPERED PHOENIX THE BIRD STARTED TURNED TOWARD HIM LOOKED AT HIM FOR AN INSTANT WITH WILD FEARLESS EYES THEN CONTINUED ITS PREENING SUDDENLY IT STOPPED AND COCKED ITS HEAD AS IF LISTENING TO SOMETHING THEN DAVID HEARD IT TOO A SHOUT DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE LOUDER AND CLEARER NOW EXCITED AND JUBILANT HE SHIVERED AND LOOKED DOWN THE SCIENTIST WAS TEARING UP THE GOAT TRAIL AS FAST AS HIS LONG LEGS WOULD CARRY HIM AND HE WAS WAVING A RIFLE
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