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He made a desperate effort to push past the outstretched wings. But the Phoenix flung him to the ground, picked him up before he could kick once, and threw him on its back. Then they were flying at full speed, dodging through gaps in the branches and between close set trunks, with leaves and twigs slashing them from every side. They burst out of the wood and sped over a meadow. David saw below them a huge Faun like figure pacing majestically across the sward. HE MADE A DESPERATE EFFORT TO PUSH PAST THE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS BUT THE PHOENIX FLUNG HIM TO THE GROUND PICKED HIM UP BEFORE HE COULD KICK ONCE AND THREW HIM ON ITS BACK THEN THEY WERE FLYING AT FULL SPEED DODGING THROUGH GAPS IN THE BRANCHES AND BETWEEN CLOSE SET TRUNKS WITH LEAVES AND TWIGS SLASHING THEM FROM EVERY SIDE THEY BURST OUT OF THE WOOD AND SPED OVER A MEADOW DAVID SAW BELOW THEM A HUGE FAWN LIKE FIGURE PACING MAJESTICALLY ACROSS THE SWORD
 and through, caressing and tugging, calling, "Come ... come ... run ... run...." "Phoenix!" David cried. "Oh, Phoenix, listen, listen!" "Run ... run ..." the pipes whispered. "Let us go home, my boy," said the Phoenix warningly. "Come ... come ..." cried the pipes. They could be resisted no longer. In a transport of joy, David shouted "I'm coming!" and raced away toward the sound. There was nothing in his mind now, nothing in the whole world, but a desire to be near those pipes. He must run like the winds, leap and shout, roll in the grass, throw himself down flowered slopes, follow that magic music wherever it should lead. He fled blindly through the wood, heedless of the branches which whipped his face and the thorns which tore at his legs. The pipes were calling more loudly now: "Run ... run ... faster ... faster...." Then the Phoenix plunged to earth in front of him, threw out both wings, and shouted "Stop!" "Let me go, Phoenix!" David cried. "Let me by! I want to run, I must run!  SOUND ROSE AND FELL SWELLED LIKE A FULL CHOIR DIMINISHED INTO ONE SOPRANO VOICE THAT PIERCED DAVID THROUGH AND THROUGH CARESSING AND TUGGING CALLING COME COME RUN RUN PHOENIX DAVID CRIED O PHOENIX LISTEN LISTEN RUN RUN THE PIPES WHISPERED LET US GO HOME MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX WARNINGLY COME COME CRIED THE PIPES THEY COULD BE RESISTED NO LONGER IN A TRANSPORT OF JOY DAVID SHOUTED I'M COMING AND RACED AWAY TOWARD THE SOUND THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS MIND NOW NOTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT A DESIRE TO BE NEAR THOSE PIPES HE MUST RUN LIKE THE WINDS LEAP AND SHOUT ROLL IN THE GRASS THROW HIMSELF DOWN FLOWERED SLOPES FOLLOW THAT MAGIC MUSIC WHEREVER IT SHOULD LEAD HE FLED BLINDLY THROUGH THE WOOD HEEDLESS OF THE BRANCHES WHICH WHIPPED HIS FACE AND THE THORNS WHICH TORE AT HIS LEGS THE PIPES WERE CALLING MORE LOUDLY NOW RUN RUN FASTER FASTER THEN THE PHOENIX PLUNGED TO EARTH IN FRONT OF HIM THREW OUT BOTH WINGS AND SHOUTED STOP LET ME GO PHOENIX DAVID CRIED LET ME BUY I WANT TO RUN I MUST RUN
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