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In its shadow sprawled a very untidy animal. Its tail and hindquarters were exactly like those of a panther, its chest and forelegs were like a hawk's, and it had pointed wings. IN ITS SHADOW SPRAWLED A VERY UNTIDY ANIMAL ITS TAIL AND HIND QUARTERS WERE EXACTLY LIKE THOSE OF A PANTHER ITS CHEST AND FORE LEGS WERE LIKE A HAWK'S AND IT HAD POINTED WINGS
e shot back into the mist below. "Indeed!" the Phoenix snorted. "Beat my tail feathers off! Ha!" "Is she a Witch?" David asked. "Yes, my boy, and a shocking example of the decline of the younger generation. She will come to no good end, believe me. Tail feathers, indeed!" Just then they burst out of the clouds and into the hot sunlight. Below them, the land was wild and desolate, a vast rolling plain covered for the most part with dry, tawny grass. Here and there were groves of trees drooping beneath the sun. The Phoenix, still snorting indignantly to itself, dropped to within a hundred feet of the ground. They began to soar back and forth. "Can you see anything, my boy?" David had never seen a Gryffin, of course; so he was not sure what to look for. But he caught sight of something lying in the shade of a bush and pointed it out to the Phoenix. "Ah, quite so," the Phoenix said doubtfully. "It does not look like a--but we can take a closer look." They landed and walked toward the bush.  YOU KNOW I'LL BEAT YOUR TAIL FEATHERS OFF AND SHE SHOT BACK INTO THE MIST BELOW INDEED THE PHOENIX SNORTED BEAT MY TAIL FEATHERS OFF HAH IS SHE A WITCH DAVID ASKED YES MY BOY AND A SHOCKING EXAMPLE OF THE DECLINE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION SHE WILL COME TO NO GOOD END BELIEVE ME TAIL FEATHERS INDEED JUST THEN THEY BURST OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND INTO THE HOT SUNLIGHT BELOW THEM THE LAND WAS WILD AND DESOLATE A VAST ROLLING PLAIN COVERED FOR THE MOST PART WITH DRY TAWNY GRASS HERE AND THERE WERE GROVES OF TREES DROOPING BENEATH THE SUN THE PHOENIX STILL SNORTING INDIGNANTLY TO ITSELF DROPPED TO WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE GROUND THEY BEGAN TO SOAR BACK AND FORTH CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING MY BOY DAVID HAD NEVER SEEN A GRIFFIN OF COURSE SO HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO LOOK FOR BUT HE CAUGHT SIGHT OF SOMETHING LYING IN THE SHADE OF A BUSH AND POINTED IT OUT TO THE PHOENIX AH QUITE SO THE PHOENIX SAID DOUBTFULLY IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BUT WE CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK THEY LANDED AND WALKED TOWARD THE BUSH
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