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He sat up. Now he noticed that the ledge was divided by a thicket which grew from the inner side to the outer. The noise, whatever it was, came from the other side of the thicket. David's curiosity was aroused, but it occurred to him that it might be wise to be cautious. HE SAT UP NOW HE NOTICED THAT THE LEDGE WAS DIVIDED BY A THICKET WHICH GREW FROM THE INNER SIDE TO THE OUTER THE NOISE WHATEVER IT WAS CAME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THICKET DAVID'S CURIOSITY WAS AROUSED BUT IT OCCURRED TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE WISE TO BE CAUTIOUS
 dandelions. Bushes grew along most of the outer edge. The inner edge was bounded by a second scarp--a wall of red stone with sparkling points of light imbedded in its smooth surface. David threw himself on the grass and rolled in it. It was warm and soft and sweet-smelling; it soothed away the hurt of his aching muscles and the sting of his scratches. He rolled over on his back and cushioned his head in his hands. The sky seemed to be slipping along overhead like a broad blue river. The breeze ruffled his hair and whispered, the bushes murmured and gossiped to each other. Even the sunlight seemed to hum to him as it laid warm hands on his face. But there was another sound, which now and then rose above these murmurs. Then it would fade and be drowned out by the breeze. Hard to say why, but it just did not seem to fit there. David propped himself up on his elbows and listened more intently. The sound faded: he had been imagining it. No, he had not been imagining it--there it was again. ED WITH SHORT GRASS AND DANDELIONS BUSHES GREW ALONG MOST OF THE OUTER EDGE THE INNER EDGE WAS BOUNDED BY A SECOND SCARP A WALL OF RED STONE WITH SPARKLING POINTS OF LIGHT IMBEDDED IN ITS SMOOTH SURFACE DAVID THREW HIMSELF ON THE GRASS AND ROLLED IN IT IT WAS WARM AND SOFT AND SWEET SMELLING IT SOOTHED AWAY THE HURT OF HIS ACHING MUSCLES AND THE STING OF HIS SCRATCHES HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS BACK AND CUSHIONED HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS THE SKY SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING ALONG OVERHEAD LIKE A BROAD BLUE RIVER THE BREEZE RUFFLED HIS HAIR AND WHISPERED THE BUSHES MURMURED AND GOSSIPED TO EACH OTHER EVEN THE SUNLIGHT SEEMED TO HUM TO HIM AS IT LAID WARM HANDS ON HIS FACE BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SOUND WHICH NOW AND THEN ROSE ABOVE THESE MURMURS THEN IT WOULD FADE AND BE DROWNED OUT BY THE BREEZE HARD TO SAY WHY BUT IT JUST DID NOT SEEM TO FIT THERE DAVID PROPPED HIMSELF UP ON HIS ELBOWS AND LISTENED MORE INTENTLY THE SOUND FADED HE HAD BEEN IMAGINING IT NO HE HAD NOT BEEN IMAGINING IT THERE IT WAS AGAIN
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