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"Look!" David shouted, "the line's broken in our back yard!" They could hear the wailing of sirens now. Fire trucks, repair trucks, and police cars pulled up in front of the house. LOOK DAVID SHOUTED THE LINE'S BROKEN IN OUR BACK YARD THEY COULD HEAR THE WAILING OF SIRENS NOW FIRE TRUCKS REPAIR TRUCKS AND POLICE CARS PULLED UP IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE
air. [Illustration] By the light of the sparks David saw the Phoenix staggering to its feet. He jumped to the bird's side, but the Phoenix waved him away with its wing. "Quick, my boy," it gasped. "We must make a strategic retreat! Meet me on the ledge in the morning. Ouch!" The Phoenix beat at the smoldering sparks in its tail and flew off, leaving a trail of acrid smoke hanging in the air. David had the presence of mind to gather up all the tools, the wire, bell, and pushbutton, and one of the Phoenix's feathers, which had been torn out during the fall. He slipped through a cellar window, hid the equipment under a stack of old boxes, and ran noisily up the stairs into the kitchen. "Hey!" he shouted. "The lights are out!" "Is that you, dear?" came Mother's anxious voice from the dining room. "The telephone's dead!" Dad shouted from the hall. Aunt Amy came bumping down the stairs with a candle. "It's that burglar!" she cried. "Turning out all the lights so he can murder us in our beds! ARKS A SMELL OF SINGED FEATHERS AND BURNING RUBBER FILLED THE AIR BY THE LIGHT OF THE SPARKS DAVID SAW THE PHOENIX STAGGERING TO ITS FEET HE JUMPED TO THE BIRD'S SIDE BUT THE PHOENIX WAVED HIM AWAY WITH ITS WING QUICK MY BOY IT GASPED WE MUST MAKE A STRATEGIC RETREAT MEET ME ON THE LEDGE IN THE MORNING OUCH THE PHOENIX BEAT AT THE SMOULDERING SPARKS IN ITS TAIL AND FLEW OFF LEAVING A TRAIL OF ACRID SMOKE HANGING IN THE AIR DAVID HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO GATHER UP ALL THE TOOLS THE WIRE BELL AND PUSHBUTTON AND ONE OF THE PHOENIX'S FEATHERS WHICH HAD BEEN TORN OUT DURING THE FALL HE SLIPPED THROUGH A CELLAR WINDOW HID THE EQUIPMENT UNDER A STACK OF OLD BOXES AND RAN NOISILY UP THE STAIRS INTO THE KITCHEN HEY HE SHOUTED THE LIGHTS ARE OUT IS THAT YOU DEAR CAME MOTHER'S ANXIOUS VOICE FROM THE DINING ROOM THE TELEPHONE'S DEAD DOD SHOUTED FROM THE HALL AUNT AMY CAME BUMPING DOWN THE STAIRS WITH A CANDLE IT'S THE BURGLARS SHE CRIED TURNING OUT ALL THE LIGHTS SO HE CAN MURDER US IN OUR BEDS
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