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Even a bird as strong as the Phoenix cannot do all these things without needing a rest. EVEN A BIRD AS STRONG AS THE PHOENIX CANNOT DO ALL THESE THINGS WITHOUT NEEDING A REST
own to more than twice its original size) the police entered the hotel in force, armed to the eyebrows. They found nothing. At the end of a three-hour search the Chief handed in his resignation. As for the Scientist, he disappeared completely. A farmer living three miles out of town said he saw a man, dressed in a nightshirt and head-bandage, running down the valley road. The farmer guessed the man's speed to be thirty-five miles an hour. But, he added, there was such a cloud of dust being raised that he could not see very well. "It might have been fifty miles an hour," he said. No one doubted him. [Illustration] 9: _In Which David and the Phoenix Call On a Faun, and a Lovely Afternoon Comes to a Strange End_ [Illustration] The Phoenix was dead tired. And no wonder--all in one week it had escaped from Gryffons, raced with a Witch, made round-trip flights to the Pacific Isles and Ireland, been caught in a snare, got burned by a short circuit, and been knocked down by an exploding cigar.  CHAPTER NINE OF DAVID AND THE PHOENIX THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY GREGG WEEKES DAVID AND THE PHOENIX BY EDWARD ORMONDRIDE CHAPTER NINE IN WHICH DAVID AND THE PHOENIX CALL ON A FAWN AND A LOVELY AFTERNOON COMES TO A STRANGE END THE PHOENIX WAS DEAD TIRED AND NO WONDER ALL IN ONE WEEK IT HAD ESCAPED FROM GRIFFINS RACED WITH A WITCH MADE ROUND TRIP FLIGHTS TO THE PACIFIC ISLES IN IRELAND BEEN CAUGHT IN A SNARE GOT BURNED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT AND BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY AN EXPLODING CIGAR
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