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But the Faun won the jumping contest because of the tremendous spring in his legs. They came out even in the handstand, somersault, and skin the cat contest. And the Phoenix won when they played skip rope with a piece of vine, because it could hover in the air with its wings while the vine swished over and under. BUT THE FAWN WON THE JUMPING CONTEST BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS SPRING IN HIS LEGS THEY CAME OUT EVEN IN THE HANDSTAND SUMMER SALT AND SKINNED THE CAT CONTEST AND THE PHOENIX WON WHEN THEY PLAYED SKIP ROPE WITH A PIECE OF VINE BECAUSE IT COULD HOVER IN THE AIR WITH ITS WINGS WHILE THE VINE SWISHED OVER AND UNDER
n dance." Suddenly he jumped up and cried, "Let's go--come on!" and started to run. David followed, not knowing where they were going and not caring. The Phoenix came after them, half running and half flying to keep up. They raced across the glade, through a stand of trees, and out into the meadow beyond. There they came to a bank of daisies, and threw themselves into the middle of it and began to pelt each other with blossoms. The Phoenix, finally caught up in the spirit of it, collected a huge bunch while they were wrestling, flew suddenly over them, and drowned them beneath a deluge of flowers. Near by was the stream. They splashed in the shallows, skipped pebbles over the surface, and dug a harbor with two dikes in the sandy part of the shore. The Faun showed David how to build little boats of reeds, and the Phoenix made them sail by blowing up a wind with its wings. They had a tree-climbing contest, which David won because his feet were better than hooves for standing on branches.  VERY WELL EVEN OLD PHOENIX CAN DANCE SUDDENLY HE JUMPED UP AND CRIED LET'S GO COME ON AND STARTED TO RUN DAVID FOLLOWED NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY WERE GOING AND NOT CARING THE PHOENIX CAME AFTER THEM HALF RUNNING AND HALF FLYING TO KEEP UP THEY RACED ACROSS THE GLADE THROUGH A STAND OF TREES AND OUT INTO THE MEADOW BEYOND THERE THEY CAME TO A BANK OF DAISIES AND THREW THEMSELVES INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT AND BEGAN TO PELT EACH OTHER WITH BLOSSOMS THE PHOENIX FINALLY CAUGHT UP IN THE SPIRIT OF IT COLLECTED A HUGE BUNCH WHILE THEY WERE WRESTLING FLEW SUDDENLY OVER THEM AND DROWNED THEM BENEATH A DELUGE OF FLOWERS NEAR BY WAS THE STREAM THEY SPLASHED IN THE SHALLOWS SKIPPED PEBBLES OVER THE SURFACE AND DUG A HARBOUR WITH TWO DIKES IN THE SANDY PART OF THE SHORE THE FAWN SHOWED DAVID HOW TO BUILD LITTLE BOATS OF REEDS AND THE PHOENIX MADE THEM SAIL BY BLOWING UP A WIND WITH ITS WINGS THEY HAD A TREE CLIMBING CONTEST WHICH DAVID WON BECAUSE HIS FEET WERE BETTER THAN HOOFS FOR STANDING ON BRANCHES
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