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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. 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
 if he had not grabbed a tough clump of weeds at the crucial instant. But, oh! it was worth it. He felt like shouting when at last he reached the ledge. Truly it was an enchanted place! It was a long, level strip of ground, several yards wide, carpeted with short grass and dandelions. Bushes grew along most of the outer edge. The inner edge was bounded by a second scarp--a wall of red stone with sparkling points of light imbedded in its smooth surface. David threw himself on the grass and rolled in it. It was warm and soft and sweet-smelling; it soothed away the hurt of his aching muscles and the sting of his scratches. He rolled over on his back and cushioned his head in his hands. The sky seemed to be slipping 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. IGHT HAVE BEEN HIS LAST IF HE HAD NOT GRABBED A TOUGH CLUMP OF WEEDS AT THE CRUCIAL INSTANT BUT OH IT WAS WORTH IT HE FELT LIKE SHOUTING WHEN AT LAST HE REACHED THE LEDGE TRULY IT WAS AN ENCHANTED PLACE IT WAS A LONG LEVEL STRIP OF GROUND SEVERAL YARDS WIDE CARPETED WITH SHORT GRASS AND DANDELIONS BUSHES GREW ALONG MOST OF THE OUTER EDGE THE INNER EDGE WAS BOUNDED BY A SECOND SCARP A WALL OF RED STONE WITH SPARKLING POINTS OF LIGHT IMBEDDED IN ITS SMOOTH SURFACE DAVID THREW HIMSELF ON THE GRASS AND ROLLED IN IT IT WAS WARM AND SOFT AND SWEET SMELLING IT SOOTHED AWAY THE HURT OF HIS ACHING MUSCLES AND THE STING OF HIS SCRATCHES HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS BACK AND CUSHIONED HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS THE SKY SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING 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
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