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"Another minute and you would've been too late! But I hope you haven't  hurt him very much." "Nonsense, my boy," said the Phoenix. "A head so stuffed with scientific fact cannot be injured. ANOTHER MINUTE AND YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE BUT I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T HURT HIM VERY MUCH NONSENSE MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX A HEAD SO STUFFED WITH SCIENTIFIC FACT CANNOT BE INJURED
for cutting me down," he said. The cold blue eyes found David's and held them in a hypnotic stare. "What is this trap doing here? Who set it?" "I--I was coming down the trail and--and--I was caught in it," David stammered. "You are avoiding my question, young man," said the Scientist. "Who--set--this--snare? Answer me!" There was a brilliant flash of gold and blue in the sunlight, the whistle of feathers cleaving the air, the sharp _thwock!_ of fisted talons striking. The Scientist pitched forward with a surprised grunt and lay still across the trail--and the Phoenix, executing a flip in the air to check its speed, settled down beside David. "View halloo!" it shouted excitedly. "Yoicks and Tallyho! Did you see that stoop, my boy? By Jove, the best-trained falcon could not have done better! Believe me, I have been saving that blow for a long time! By Jove, what a magnificent stoop! I think I shall take up Scientist-hunting as a regular thing!" "Thank goodness, Phoenix!" David exclaimed. LED TO HIS FEET AND CLUTCHED A BUSH FOR SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR CUTTING ME DOWN HE SAID THE COLD BLUE EYES FOUND DAVID'S AND HELD THEM IN A HYPNOTIC STARE WHAT IS THIS TRAP DOING HERE WHO SAID IT I I WAS COMING DOWN THE TRAIL AND AND I WAS CAUGHT IN IT DAVID STAMMERED YOU ARE AVOIDING MY QUESTION YOUNG MAN SAID THE SCIENTIST WHO SET THIS SNARE ANSWER ME THERE WAS A BRILLIANT FLASH OF GOLD AND BLUE IN THE SUNLIGHT THE WHISTLE OF FEATHERS CLEAVING THE AIR THE SHARP THWK OF FISTED TALON STRIKING THE SCIENTIST PITCHED FORWARD WITH A SURPRISED GRUNT AND LAY STILL ACROSS THE TRAIL AND THE PHOENIX EXECUTING A FLIP IN THE AIR TO CHECK ITS SPEED SETTLED DOWN BESIDE DAVID VIEW HALLOO IT SHOUTED EXCITEDLY YOIKE'S AND TALLY HO DID YOU SEE THAT STOOP MY BOY BY JOVE THE BEST TRAINED FALCON COULD NOT HAVE DONE BETTER BELIEVE ME I HAVE BEEN SAVING THAT BLOW FOR A LONG TIME BY JOVE WHAT A MAGNIFICENT STOOP I THINK I SHALL TAKE UP SCIENTIST HUNTING AS A REGULAR THING THANK GOODNESS PHOENIX DAVID EXCLAIMED
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