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When he could speak, he called softly: "Phoenix!" There was no answer. "Phoenix!" WHEN HE COULD SPEAK HE CALLED SOFTLY PHOENIX THERE WAS NO ANSWER PHOENIX
 three voices raised and talking at once. The Scientist was going! Now they were saying good-by at the front door ... now the door was being closed ... now there were footsteps on the stairs. He jumped into bed just before Mother put her head in and said, "Good night, dear." David murmured, pretending to be half asleep. His door closed again. The light switches snapped, and there was silence. He waited another half hour to make sure everyone was asleep. As quickly and silently as he could, he pulled on his clothes, crept out of his room, and slid cautiously down the bannister. In the back yard he put on his shoes, dived through the hedge, and started to race up the mountainside. Fortunately there was a nearly-full moon and no clouds in the sky. But even with this light, it was not easy to keep to the trail. Several times he lost his way, so that the trip took much longer than usual. But he found the ledge at last, climbed over the final difficult rock, and sat down to catch his breath. D PASSED BEFORE HE FINALLY HEARD ALL THREE VOICES RAISED AND TALKING AT ONCE THE SCIENTIST WAS GOING NOW THEY WERE SAYING GOOD BYE AT THE FRONT DOOR NOW THE DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED NOW THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS HE JUMPED INTO BED JUST BEFORE MOTHER PUT HER HEAD IN AND SAID GOOD NIGHT DEAR DAVID MURMURED PRETENDING TO BE HALF ASLEEP HIS DOOR CLOSED AGAIN THE LIGHT SWITCHES SNAPPED AND THERE WAS SILENCE HE WAITED ANOTHER HALF HOUR TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP AS QUICKLY AND SILENTLY AS HE COULD HE PULLED ON HIS CLOTHES CREPT OUT OF HIS ROOM AND SLID CAUTIOUSLY DOWN THE BANISTER IN THE BACK YARD HE PUT ON HIS SHOES DIVED THROUGH THE HEDGE AND STARTED TO RACE UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A NEARLY FULL MOON AND NO CLOUDS IN THE SKY BUT EVEN WITH THIS LIGHT IT WAS NOT EASY TO KEEP TO THE TRAIL SEVERAL TIMES HE LOST HIS WAY SO THAT THE TRIP TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL BUT HE FOUND THE LEDGE AT LAST CLIMBED OVER THE FINAL DIFFICULT ROCK AND SAT DOWN TO CATCH HIS BREATH
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