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His heart began to pound, and he swallowed to relieve the dryness in his throat. The noise was much more distinct now, and it sounded like  like  yes, not only sounded like, but _was_  someone talking to himself. HIS HEART BEGAN TO POUND AND HE SWALLOWED TO RELIEVE THE DRYNESS IN HIS THROAT THE NOISE WAS MUCH MORE DISTINCT NOW AND IT SOUNDED LIKE LIKE YES NOT ONLY SOUNDED LIKE BUT WAS SOME ONE TALKING TO HIMSELF
d blue river. The breeze ruffled his hair and whispered, the bushes murmured and gossiped to each other. Even the sunlight seemed to hum to him as it laid warm hands on his face. But there was another sound, which now and then rose above these murmurs. Then it would fade and be drowned out by the breeze. Hard to say why, but it just did not seem to fit there. David propped himself up on his elbows and listened more intently. The sound faded: he had been imagining it. No, he had not been imagining it--there it was again. He sat up. Now he noticed that the ledge was divided by a thicket which grew from the inner side to the outer. The noise, whatever it was, came from the other side of the thicket. David's curiosity was aroused, but it occurred to him that it might be wise to be cautious. The noise did not sound dangerous, but--well, he had never been up a mountain before, and there was no telling what he might find. He dropped into a crouch and crept silently up to the tangle of bushes. G ALONG OVERHEAD LIKE A BROAD BLUE RIVER THE BREEZE RUFFLED HIS HAIR AND WHISPERED THE BUSHES MURMURED AND GOSSIPED TO EACH OTHER EVEN THE SUNLIGHT SEEMED TO HUM TO HIM AS IT LAID WARM HANDS ON HIS FACE BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SOUND WHICH NOW AND THEN ROSE ABOVE THESE MURMURS THEN IT WOULD FADE AND BE DROWNED OUT BY THE BREEZE HARD TO SAY WHY BUT IT JUST DID NOT SEEM TO FIT THERE DAVID PROPPED HIMSELF UP ON HIS ELBOWS AND LISTENED MORE INTENTLY THE SOUND FADED HE HAD BEEN IMAGINING IT NO HE HAD NOT BEEN IMAGINING IT THERE IT WAS AGAIN HE SAT UP NOW HE NOTICED THAT THE LEDGE WAS DIVIDED BY A THICKET WHICH GREW FROM THE INNER SIDE TO THE OUTER THE NOISE WHATEVER IT WAS CAME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THICKET DAVID'S CURIOSITY WAS AROUSED BUT IT OCCURRED TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE WISE TO BE CAUTIOUS THE NOISE DID NOT SOUND DANGEROUS BUT WELL HE HAD NEVER BEEN UP A MOUNTAIN BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO TELLING WHAT HE MIGHT FIND HE DROPPED INTO A CROUCH AND CREPT SILENTLY UP TO THE TANGLE OF BUSHES
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