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and tried to remember, and could not. The trembling left his body, and he dangled limply. AND TRIED TO REMEMBER AND COULD NOT THE TREMBLING LEFT HIS BODY AND HE DANGLED LIMPLY
ore and obey! Run, oh, run, heed me before all passes! Follow, before it is too late, too late, too late...." [Illustration] And David, in a delirium of desire, shouted "I'm coming!" and jumped from the Phoenix's back. For an instant, as he fell through the air, he thought he would succeed in joining the dancing throng. But the Phoenix, plunging after him falconwise with folded wings, seized his collar in its talons, and snatched him up from the very arms of the Faun, who had recognized him and called his name as he fell. Up toward the cloudless sky they soared. David cried, pleaded, pommeled the Phoenix with his fists. The Phoenix ignored his struggling and continued to climb with tremendous wing strokes. Up and up and up.... The piping grew fainter in the distance, its magic weakened. The enchanted dancers diminished into specks, the valley fell away until it was only a green splash nestled among the jagged peaks. And David burst into tears ... and then wondered why he was crying ... ORIOUS PIPES SANG COME COME RUN RUN FOLLOW LEAP AND DANCE ADORE AND OBEY RUN OH RUN HEED ME BEFORE ALL PASSES FOLLOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TOO LATE TOO LATE AND DAVID IN A DELIRIUM OF DESIRE SHOUTED I'M COMING AND JUMPED FROM THE PHOENIX'S BACK FOR AN INSTANT AS HE FELL THROUGH THE AIR HE THOUGHT HE WOULD SUCCEED IN JOINING THE DANCING THRONG BUT THE PHOENIX PLUNGING AFTER HIM FALCON WISE WITH FOLDED WINGS SEIZED HIS COLLAR IN ITS TALONS AND SNATCHED HIM UP FROM THE VERY ARMS OF THE FAWN WHO HAD RECOGNIZED HIM AND CALLED HIS NAME AS HE FELL UP TOWARD THE CLOUDLESS SKY THEY SOARED DAVID CRIED PLEADING POMMELING THE PHOENIX WITH HIS FISTS THE PHOENIX IGNORED HIS STRUGGLING AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB WITH TREMENDOUS WING STROKES UP AND UP AND UP THE PIPING GREW FAINTER IN THE DISTANCE ITS MAGIC WEAKENED THE ENCHANTED DANCERS DIMINISHED INTO SPECKS THE VALLEY FELL AWAY UNTIL IT WAS ONLY A GREEN SPLASH NESTLED AMONG THE JAGGED PEAKS AND DAVID BURST INTO TEARS AND THEN WONDERED WHY HE WAS CRYING
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