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Then David heard it too: a shout down the mountainside, louder and clearer now, excited and jubilant. He shivered and looked down. The Scientist was tearing up the goat trail as fast as his long legs would carry him  and he was waving a rifle. THEN DAVID HEARD IT TOO A SHOUT DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE LOUDER AND CLEARER NOW EXCITED AND JUBILANT HE SHIVERED AND LOOKED DOWN THE SCIENTIST WAS TEARING UP THE GOAT TRAIL AS FAST AS HIS LONG LEGS WOULD CARRY HIM AND HE WAS WAVING A RIFLE
 the center of the pile, a fine cloud of flakes swirled up into the breeze, there was a flash of sunlight glinting on brilliant plumage. And from the ruins of the pyre stepped forth a magnificent bird. It was the Phoenix, it must be the Phoenix! But it was a new and different Phoenix. It was young and wild, with a fierce amber eye; its crest was tall and proud, its body the slim, muscular body of a hunter, its wings narrow and long and pointed like a falcon's, the great beak and talons razor-sharp and curving. And all of it, from crest to talons, was a burnished gold that reflected the sun in a thousand dazzling lights. The bird stretched its wings, shook the ash from its tail, and began to preen itself. Every movement was like the flash of a silent explosion. "Phoenix," David whispered. "Phoenix." The bird started, turned toward him, looked at him for an instant with wild, fearless eyes, then continued its preening. Suddenly it stopped and cocked its head as if listening to something. HEAVE FROM BELOW LIFTED THE ASHES IN THE CENTRE OF THE PILE A FINE CLOUD OF FLAKES SWIRLED UP INTO THE BREEZE THERE WAS A FLASH OF SUNLIGHT GLINTING ON BRILLIANT PLUMAGE AND FROM THE RUINS OF THE PYRE STEPPED FORTH A MAGNIFICENT BIRD IT WAS THE PHOENIX IT MUST BE THE PHOENIX BUT IT WAS A NEW AND DIFFERENT PHOENIX IT WAS YOUNG AND WILD WITH A FIERCE AMBER EYE ITS CREST WAS TALL AND PROUD ITS BODY THE SLIM MUSCULAR BODY OF A HUNTER ITS WINGS NARROW AND LONG AND POINTED LIKE A FALCON'S THE GREAT BEAK AND TALONS RAZOR SHARP AND CURVING AND ALL OF IT FROM CREST TO TALONS WAS A BURNISHED GOLD THAT REFLECTED THE SUN IN A THOUSAND DAZZLING LIGHTS THE BIRD STRETCHED ITS WINGS SHOOK THE ASH FROM ITS TAIL AND BEGAN TO PREEN ITSELF EVERY MOVEMENT WAS LIKE A FLASH OF A SILENT EXPLOSION PHOENIX DAVID WHISPERED PHOENIX THE BIRD STARTED TURNED TOWARD HIM LOOKED AT HIM FOR AN INSTANT WITH WILD FEARLESS EYES THEN CONTINUED ITS PREENING SUDDENLY IT STOPPED AND COCKED ITS HEAD AS IF LISTENING TO SOMETHING
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