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To their right stood two broken columns, half hidden beneath a wild tangle of vine and clusters of purple grapes. Beyond was the forest, dark and cool and silent, with shafts of sunlight in it like golden spears pinning the forest floor to earth. TO THEIR RIGHT STOOD TWO BROKEN COLUMNS HALF HIDDEN BENEATH A WILD TANGLE OF VINE AND CLUSTERS OF PURPLE GRAPES BEYOND WAS THE FOREST DARK AND COOL AND SILENT WITH SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT IN IT LIKE GOLDEN SPEARS PINNING THE FOREST FLOOR TO EARTH
 go on forever! Couldn't we go somewhere--somewhere where we--oh, I don't know. I can't explain it. Anywhere _you_ say, Phoenix." The Phoenix looked at him for a long time. "I think I understand, my boy. Yes.... How about one of the forgotten places I told you about? Should you like to meet a Faun?" * * * * * It was a green valley, completely enclosed by the barren mountains which towered above it. At one end a waterfall hung on the face of a cliff, a misty thread pouring into a rainbow-arched pool. A brook serpentined through fields and groves of trees. There were flocks of sheep and goats in the fields. Here and there were strange ruins of marble and red granite--columns, peristyles, benches carved with lions' heads, and pedestals. They landed in a little glade, and David got down in silent wonderment. The very stillness of the air was enchanted. The grass, dappled with sun and shadow, wore a mantle of flowers. Clouds of butterflies sprang up at their approach and swirled about them. ENIX HE CRIED IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY I WISH IT COULD GO ON FOR EVER COULDN'T WE GO SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE OH I DON'T KNOW I CAN'T EXPLAIN ANYWHERE YOU SAY PHOENIX THE PHOENIX LOOKED AT HIM FOR A LONG TIME I THINK I UNDERSTAND MY BOY YES HOW ABOUT ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN PLACES I TOLD YOU ABOUT SHOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET A FAWN IT WAS A GREEN VALLEY COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BY THE BARREN MOUNTAINS WHICH TOWERED ABOVE IT AT ONE END A WATERFALL HUNG ON THE FACE OF A CLIFF A MISTY THREAD POURING INTO A RAINBOW ARCHED POOL A BROOK SERPENTINE THROUGH FIELDS AND GROVES OF TREES THERE WERE FLOCKS OF SHEEP AND GOATS IN THE FIELDS HERE AND THERE WERE STRANGE RUINS OF MARBLE AND RED GRANITE COLUMNS PEDESTALS BENCHES CARVED WITH LIONS HEADS AND PEDESTALS THEY LANDED IN A LITTLE GLADE AND DAVID GOT DOWN IN SILENT WONDERMENT THE VERY STILLNESS OF THE AIR WAS ENCHANTED THE GRASS DAPPLED WITH SUN AND SHADOW WORE A MANTLE OF FLOWERS CLOUDS OF BUTTERFLIES SPRANG UP AT THEIR APPROACH AND SWIRLED ABOUT THEM
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