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"Hoist with my own petard," said the Phoenix bitterly. "Rub my foot, will you? Oh dear oh dear oh dear! Hurts." "What happened?" David asked as he rubbed the swollen foot. "How long have you been caught?" "Missed my way in the dark," said the Phoenix, wiping its brow. HOIST WITH MY OWN PETARD SAID THE PHOENIX BITTERLY RUB MY FOOT WILL YOU OH DEAR OH DEAR OH DEAR HURTS WHAT HAPPENED DAVID ASKED AS HE RUBBED THE SWOLLEN FOOT HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CAUGHT MISSED MY WAY IN THE DARK SAID THE PHOENIX WIPING ITS BROW
rampled by the repair men; so he could not go to see the Phoenix until after lunch. But when that was finished, he rushed up the mountainside as fast as he could, wondering all the way what he and the Phoenix were going to do now. The ledge was empty when he got there. He shouted, "Phoenix!" and listened. "Hel-l-lp!" came a faint answering cry from the other end of the ledge. David jumped through the thicket. A pitiful sight met his eyes. There was the Phoenix, dangling by one foot from the snare, its wings feebly struggling and its free foot clawing the air. The feathers of its wings and tail were singed. Great beads of sweat rolled from its forehead into a puddle on the ground below. The snared foot was blue and swollen. "Get me down," gasped the Phoenix weakly. David took a running leap at the sapling, which broke under the sudden increase of weight, and the two of them crashed to the ground. He unfastened the noose and dragged the Phoenix to the shadiest, softest spot on the ledge. HTEN OUT THE GARDEN WHICH HAD BEEN TRAMPLED BY THE REPAIRMAN SO HE COULD NOT GO TO SEE THE PHOENIX UNTIL AFTER LUNCH BUT WHEN THAT WAS FINISHED HE RUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AS FAST AS HE COULD WONDERING ALL THE WAY WHAT HE AND THE PHOENIX WERE GOING TO DO NOW THE LEDGE WAS EMPTY WHEN HE GOT THERE HE SHOUTED PHOENIX AND LISTENED HELP CAME A FAINT ANSWERING CRY FROM THE OTHER END OF THE LEDGE DAVID JUMPED THROUGH THE THICKET A PITIFUL SIGHT MET HIS EYES THERE WAS THE PHOENIX DANGLING BY ONE FOOT FROM THE SNARE ITS WINGS FEEBLY STRUGGLING AND ITS FREE FOOT CLAWING THE AIR THE FEATHERS OF ITS WINGS AND TAIL WERE SINGED GREAT BEADS OF SWEAT ROLLED FROM ITS FOREHEAD INTO A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND BELOW THE SNARED FOOT WAS BLUE AND SWOLLEN GET ME DOWN GASPED THE PHOENIX WEAKLY DAVID TOOK A RUNNING LEAP AT THE SAPLING WHICH BROKE UNDER THE SUDDEN INCREASE OF WEIGHT AND THE TWO OF THEM CRASHED TO THE GROUND HE UNFASTENED THE NOOSE AND DRAGGED THE PHOENIX TO THE SHADIEST SOFTEST SPOT ON THE LEDGE
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