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But the Phoenix, plunging after him falconwise with folded wings, seized his collar in its talons, and snatched him up from the very arms of the Faun, who had recognized him and called his name as he fell. Up toward the cloudless sky they soared. David cried, pleaded, pommeled the Phoenix with his fists. The Phoenix ignored his struggling and continued to climb with tremendous wing strokes. Up and up and up.... BUT THE PHOENIX PLUNGING AFTER HIM FALCON WISE WITH FOLDED WINGS SEIZED HIS COLLAR IN ITS TALONS AND SNATCHED HIM UP FROM THE VERY ARMS OF THE FAWN WHO HAD RECOGNIZED HIM AND CALLED HIS NAME AS HE FELL UP TOWARD THE CLOUDLESS SKY THEY SOARED DAVID CRIED PLEADING POMMELING THE PHOENIX WITH HIS FISTS THE PHOENIX IGNORED HIS STRUGGLING AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB WITH TREMENDOUS WING STROKES UP AND UP AND UP
over a meadow. David saw below them a huge Faun-like figure pacing majestically across the sward. A flaming wreath encircled its brow, garlands of flowers hung from its arms and shoulders, and those enchanted pipes were lifted to its lips. Around the cloven hooves, and trailing out behind, danced a multitude of creatures--lambs and kids gamboling, goats and rams tossing their horns, foxes, furry waves of squirrels, rabbits kicking up their heels, Fauns and Nymphs rollicking, frogs and crickets and serpents. Above them flew birds and butterflies and beetles and bats in swirling clouds. Full-voiced, the glorious pipes sang. "Come, come, run, run! Follow, leap and dance, adore and obey! Run, oh, run, heed me before all passes! Follow, before it is too late, too late, too late...." [Illustration] And David, in a delirium of desire, shouted "I'm coming!" and jumped from the Phoenix's back. For an instant, as he fell through the air, he thought he would succeed in joining the dancing throng. HING 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 A FLAMING WREATH ENCIRCLED ITS BROW GARLANDS OF FLOWERS HUNG FROM ITS ARMS AND SHOULDERS AND THOSE ENCHANTED PIPES WERE LIFTED TO ITS LIPS AROUND THE CLOVEN HOOFS AND TRAILING OUT BEHIND DANCED A MULTITUDE OF CREATURES LAMBS AND KIDS GAMBOLLING GOATS AND RAMS TOSSING THEIR HORNS FOXES FURRY WAVES OF SQUIRRELS RABBITS KICKING UP THEIR HEELS FAWNS AND NYMPHS ROLLICKING FROGS AND CRICKETS AND SERPENTS ABOVE THEM FLEW BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES AND BATS IN SWIRLING CLOUDS FULL VOICED THE GLORIOUS PIPES SANG COME COME RUN RUN FOLLOW LEAP AND DANCE ADORE AND OBEY RUN OH RUN HEED ME BEFORE ALL PASSES FOLLOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TOO LATE TOO LATE AND DAVID IN A DELIRIUM OF DESIRE SHOUTED I'M COMING AND JUMPED FROM THE PHOENIX'S BACK FOR AN INSTANT AS HE FELL THROUGH THE AIR HE THOUGHT HE WOULD SUCCEED IN JOINING THE DANCING THRONG
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