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But now you know exactly what they are like: midway in size between the Gryffens and Gryffons, and reddish in color. Most amiable souls, willing to do anything for anyone. It is hard to believe that they are all related. BUT NOW YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE LIKE MIDWAY IN SIZE BETWEEN THE GRYFFINS AND THE GRYFFINS AND REDDISH IN COLOR MOST AMIABLE SOULS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ALL RELATED
 screamed. [Illustration] "You have seen nothing in the way of flying until now, my boy," the Phoenix shouted back. "Watch this!" Its wings were two blurs slicing through the air and roaring like kettledrums. The ground below streamed backwards. David looked back again. The Gryffons were falling into the distance. Their cries were getting fainter. Now they looked like a flock of starlings ... now like a cluster of flies ... now like gnats. And then they had faded out of sight, and David and the Phoenix were streaking over the grassland alone. Ten minutes later they reached a shore and landed. They flopped on the sand, panting. And David, suddenly feeling very faint, closed his eyes and put his head between his knees. After they had got their breath, the Phoenix patted David on the shoulder and said huskily: "I congratulate you, my boy. Your plan was magnificent--precisely what _I_ should have done, had I thought of it first. Needless to say, we shall not go on looking for the Gryffins. EGS DRAWN UP UNDER THEM AND THEIR WINGS BEATING FASTER HE SCREAMED YOU HAVE SEEN NOTHING IN THE WAY OF FLYING UNTIL NOW MY BOY THE PHOENIX SHOUTED BACK WATCH THIS ITS WINGS WERE TWO BLURS SLICING THROUGH THE AIR AND ROARING LIKE KETTLEDRUMS THE GROUND BELOW STREAMED BACKWARDS DAVID LOOKED BACK AGAIN THE GRYFFINS WERE FALLING INTO THE DISTANCE THEIR CRIES WERE GETTING FAINTER NOW THEY LOOKED LIKE A FLOCK OF STARLINGS NOW LIKE A CLUSTER OF FLIES NOW LIKE GNATS AND THEN THEY HAD FADED OUT OF SIGHT AND DAVID AND THE PHOENIX WERE STREAKING OVER THE GRASS LAND ALONE TEN MINUTES LATER THEY REACHED A SHORE AND LANDED THEY FLOPPED ON THE SAND PANTING AND DAVID SUDDENLY FEELING VERY FAINT CLOSED HIS EYES AND PUT HIS HEAD BETWEEN HIS KNEES AFTER THEY HAD GOT THEIR BREATH THE PHOENIX PATTED DAVID ON THE SHOULDER AND SAID HUSKILY I CONGRATULATE YOU MY BOY YOUR PLAN WAS MAGNIFICENT PRECISELY WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE HAD I THOUGHT OF IT FIRST NEEDLESS TO SAY WE SHALL NOT GO ON LOOKING FOR THE GRYFFINS
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