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"No fear," said the Phoenix, delivering another lusty kick. "One simply cannot damage a sleeping Gryffen. Give me a hand, my boy." NO FEAR SAID THE PHOENIX DELIVERING ANOTHER LUSTY KICK ONE SIMPLY CANNOT DAMAGE A SLEEPING GRYPHON GIVE ME A HAND MY BOY
 shadow sprawled a very untidy animal. Its tail and hindquarters were exactly like those of a panther, its chest and forelegs were like a hawk's, and it had pointed wings. Burrs matted its dusty fur. Its claws were shabby and split, and numerous black flies were crawling over its haunches. The bush trembled with its snoring. "Bah! We are wasting our time here, my boy. This is a Gryffen. A disgusting brute, isn't it?" And the Phoenix sniffed disapprovingly. "Maybe if we wake it up," David suggested, "it could tell us where the other ones live." "Next to impossible. For one thing, a cannon could not awaken the beast. For another thing, it would not, even if awake, be able to tell us anything. You simply cannot imagine the stupidity of these brutes." "Well, let's _try_ it, anyway," David said. "Very well, my boy. But it will be a complete waste of time." The Phoenix shrugged its shoulders, stepped up to the Gryffen, and kicked it violently. "Phoenix!" David cried in alarm. "Don't hurt it! SER LOOK THEY LANDED AND WALKED TOWARD THE BUSH IN ITS SHADOW SPRAWLED A VERY UNTIDY ANIMAL ITS TAIL AND HIND QUARTERS WERE EXACTLY LIKE THOSE OF A PANTHER ITS CHEST AND FORE LEGS WERE LIKE A HAWK'S AND IT HAD POINTED WINGS BURRS MATTED ITS DUSTY FUR ITS CLAWS WERE SHABBY AND SPLIT AND NUMEROUS BLACK FLIES WERE CRAWLING OVER ITS HAUNCHES THE BUSH TREMBLED WITH ITS SNORING BAH WE ARE WASTING OUR TIME HERE MY BOY THIS IS A GRYFFIN A DISCUSSING BRUTE ISN'T IT AND THE PHOENIX SNIFFED DISAPPROVINGLY MAYBE IF WE WAKE IT UP DAVID SUGGESTED IT COULD TELL US WHERE THE OTHER ONES LIVE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE THING A CANNON COULD NOT AWAKEN THE BEAST FOR ANOTHER THING IT WOULD NOT EVEN IF AWAKE BE ABLE TO TELL US ANYTHING YOU SIMPLY CANNOT IMAGINE THE STUPIDITY OF THESE BRUTES WELL LET'S TRY IT ANYWAY DAVID SAID VERY WELL MY BOY BUT IT WILL BE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME THE PHOENIX SHRUGGED ITS SHOULDERS STEPPED UP TO THE GRIFFIN AND KICKED IT VIOLENTLY PHOENIX DAVID CRIED IN ALARM DON'T HURT IT
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