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The bird launched itself into the air and soared out over the valley, sparkling, flashing, shimmering; a flame, large as a sunburst, a meteor, a diamond, a star, diminishing at last to a speck of gold dust, which glimmered twice in the distance before it was gone altogether. THE BIRD LAUNCHED ITSELF INTO THE AIR AND SOARED OUT OVER THE VALLEY SPARKLING FLASHING SHIMMERING A FLAME LARGE AS A SUNBURST A METEOR A DIAMOND A STAR DIMINISHING AT LAST TO A SPECK OF GOLD DUST WHICH GLIMMERED TWICE IN THE DISTANCE BEFORE IT WAS GONE ALTOGETHER
the report of the gun echoed along the scarp. [Illustration] "Fly, Phoenix!" David sobbed. A second bullet snarled at the bird, and spattered out little chips of rock from the inner wall of the ledge. "Oh, fly, fly!" David jumped up and flung himself between the bird and the Scientist. "It's me!" he cried. "It's David!" The bird gazed at him closely, and a light flickered in its eye as though the name had reached out and almost, but not quite, touched an ancient memory. Hesitantly it stretched forth one wing, and with the tip of it lightly brushed David's forehead, leaving there a mark that burned coolly. "_Get away from that bird, you little idiot!_" the Scientist shrieked. "_GET AWAY!_" David ignored him. "Fly, Phoenix!" he cried, and he pushed the bird toward the edge. Understanding dawned in the amber eyes at last. The bird, with one clear, defiant cry, leaped to an out-jutting boulder. The golden wings spread, the golden neck curved back, the golden talons pushed against the rock. TO HIS SHOULDER THE BULLET WENT WHINING BY WITH AN UGLY HORNET NOISE AND THE REPORT OF THE GUN ECHOED ALONG THE SCARP FLY PHOENIX DAVID SOBBED A SECOND BULLET SNARLED AT THE BIRD AND SPATTERED OUT LITTLE CHIPS OF ROCK FROM THE INNER WALL OF THE LEDGE OH FLY FLY DAVID JUMPED UP AND FLUNG HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BIRD AND THE SCIENTIST IT'S ME HE CRIED IT'S DAVID THE BIRD GAZED AT HIM CLOSELY AND A LIGHT FLICKERED IN ITS EYE AS THOUGH THE NAME HAD REACHED OUT AND ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE TOUCHED AN ANCIENT MEMORY HESITANTLY IT STRETCHED FORTH ONE WING AND WITH A TIP OF IT LIGHTLY BRUSHED DAVID'S FOREHEAD LEAVING THERE A MARK THAT BURNED COOLLY GET AWAY FROM THAT BIRD YOU LITTLE IDIOT THE SCIENTIST SHRIEKED GET AWAY DAVID IGNORED HIM FLY PHOENIX HE CRIED AND HE PUSHED THE BIRD TOWARD THE EDGE UNDERSTANDING DAWNED IN THE AMBER EYES AT LAST THE BIRD WITH ONE CLEAR DEFIANT CRY LEAPED TO AN OUT JUTTING BOULDER THE GOLDEN WING SPREAD THE GOLDEN NECK CURVED BACK THE GOLDEN TALONS PUSHED AGAINST THE ROCK
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