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But he was happy. He had warned the Phoenix, the Phoenix was going to stay, and there was nothing to worry about until tomorrow. BUT HE WAS HAPPY HE HAD WARNED THE PHOENIX AND THE PHOENIX WAS GOING TO STAY AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT UNTIL TO MORROW
witches snapping. "Quick!" David said. "Out the window!" With a hasty "Farewell, my boy," the Phoenix plunged headlong toward the window--and tripped over the sill. There was a resounding crash outside as the bird landed on the rose arbor, a brief but furious thrashing and muttering, and then the receding flurry of wings. Dad burst into the room with his revolver, followed by Mother and Aunt Amy (with two frying pans, this time). "He stuck his head in the window and said _pssssst!_ at me!" David cried. "A big dark shape in the window!" This time Dad telephoned the police. In no time at all, three carloads of weary policemen were swarming over the house and yard, with guns and flashlights drawn. It was the fifth--or was it the sixth?--call they had received from the neighborhood that night, they explained. There followed an hour of questions, arguments, and theories, during which everyone became very excited. Everyone, that is, except David--although he acted excited to avoid suspicion.  THEY HEARD RAPID FOOTSTEPS AND THE SOUND OF LIGHT SWITCHES SNAPPING QUICK DAVID SAID OUT THE WINDOW WITH A HASTY FAREWELL MY BOY THE PHOENIX PLUNGED HEADLONG TOWARD THE WINDOW AND TRIPPED OVER THE SILL THERE WAS A RESOUNDING CRASH OUTSIDE AS THE BIRD LANDED ON THE ROSE ARBOR A BRIEF BUT FURIOUS THRASHING AND MUTTERING AND THEN THE RECEDING FLURRY OF WINGS DAD BURST INTO THE ROOM WITH HIS REVOLVER FOLLOWED BY MOTHER AND AUNT AMY WITH TWO FRYING PANS THIS TIME HE STUCK HIS HEAD IN THE WINDOW AND SAID BEST AT ME DAVID CRIED A BIG DARK SHAPE IN THE WINDOW THIS TIME DAD TELEPHONED THE POLICE IN NO TIME AT ALL THREE CAR LOADS OF WARY POLICEMEN WERE SWARMING OVER THE HOUSE AND YARD WITH GUNS AND FLASHLIGHTS DRAWN IT WAS THE FIFTH OR WAS IT THE SIXTH CALL THEY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NIGHT THEY EXPLAINED THERE FOLLOWED AN HOUR OF QUESTIONS ARGUMENTS AND THEORIES DURING WHICH EVERYONE BECAME VERY EXCITED EVERYONE THAT IS EXCEPT DAVID ALTHOUGH HE ACTED EXCITED TO AVOID SUSPICION
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