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Echoes bounced from wall to wall. The two Gryffons came rushing into the cave, adding to the racket with their shrieking. "Now!" David shouted, and he flung the double handful of dust into the Gryffons' faces. ECHOES BOUNCED FROM WALL TO WALL THE TWO GRYFFINS CAME RUSHING INTO THE CAVE ADDING TO THE RACKET WITH THEIR SHRIEKING NOW DAVID SHOUTED AND HE FLUNG THE DOUBLE HANDFUL OF DUST INTO THE GRYFFINS FACES
 mind, but put into words it sounded a little too simple. As he whispered, David began to feel more and more foolish, so that finally he stopped altogether. "I--I guess it's really kind of silly," he stammered. But the Phoenix was looking at him with hope and admiration in its eyes. "My very dear chap," it said solemnly, "I salute you. I humbly await your signal." "Do you really think it will work?" "My boy, it must--it can--it shall. Proceed." Poor as the plan now seemed to David, he prepared to carry it out. Holding his breath so as not to sneeze again, he scooped up as much dust as he could hold in two hands. Then he took his position on one side of the cave, nodded the Phoenix toward the other, and glanced out to see if the guardian Gryffons were looking. They were not. "Now," he whispered. The cave rocked with their uproar. David screamed at the top of his voice and kicked the walls. The Phoenix let out a series of ear-splitting whistles and squawks and beat its wings frantically. EMED LIKE A GOOD ONE WHILE IT WAS STILL IN HIS MIND BUT PUT INTO WORDS IT SOUNDED A LITTLE TOO SIMPLE AS HE WHISPERED DAVID BEGAN TO FEEL MORE AND MORE FOOLISH SO THAT FINALLY HE STOPPED ALTOGETHER I GUESS IT'S REALLY KIND OF SILLY HE STAMMERED BUT THE PHOENIX WAS LOOKING AT HIM WITH HOPE AND ADMIRATION IN ITS EYES MY VERY DEAR CHAP IT SAID SOLEMNLY I SALUTE YOU I HUMBLY AWAIT YOUR SIGNAL DO YOU REALLY THINK IT WILL WORK MY BOY IT MUST IT CAN IT SHALL PROCEED POOR AS THE PLAN NOW SEEMED TO DAVID HE PREPARED TO CARRY IT OUT HOLDING HIS BREATH SO AS NOT TO SNEEZE AGAIN HE SCOOPED UP AS MUCH DUST AS HE COULD HOLD IN TWO HANDS THEN HE TOOK HIS POSITION ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAVE NODDED THE PHOENIX TOWARD THE OTHER AND GLANCED OUT TO SEE IF THE GUARDIAN GRIFFINS WERE LOOKING THEY WERE NOT NOW HE WHISPERED THE CAVE ROCKED WITH THEIR UPROAR DAVID SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE AND KICKED THE WALLS THE PHOENIX LET OUT A SERIES OF EAR SPLITTING WHISTLES AND SQUAWKS AND BEAT ITS WINGS FRANTICALLY
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