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Their smell, like the lion house in the zoo, made David feel faint. "Well, Phoenix," said the largest Gryffon coldly, "you know the Rule, I believe?" THEIR SMELL LIKE THE LION HOUSE IN THE ZOO MADE DAVID FEEL FAINT WELL PHOENIX SAID THE LARGEST GRYFFIN COLDLY YOU KNOW THE RULE I BELIEVE
ddenly. "Look!" And indeed, a number of winged creatures were loping down a hillside toward them. "Good heavens!" the Phoenix shouted. "Those are the ones we do _not_ want to meet! On my back, _quick_!" "What are they?" David gasped as he threw himself on the bird's back. "Gryffons!" The Phoenix rushed along the ground a few feet and sprang into the air. But it was too late. The foremost Gryffons, with powerful strokes of their wings, shot up to meet them. The Phoenix swerved sharply. They missed the snapping beak of the first Gryffon by half an inch and dodged the second--only to smash into a third. David was stunned by the blow and the fall. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the tight grip of two Gryffons. The Phoenix was struggling feebly with another, and still more were crowding around them, screaming like hawks. They looked like the sleeping Gryffen, but were as large as ponies. Their eyes were yellow and unblinking, and their tails twitched like an angry cat's. ULD WE LOOK THERE THEY COME DAVID CRIED SUDDENLY LOOK AND INDEED A NUMBER OF WINGED CREATURES WERE LOPING DOWN A HILLSIDE TOWARD THEM GOOD HEAVENS THE PHOENIX SHOUTED THOSE ARE THE ONES WE DO NOT WANT TO MEET ON MY BACK QUICK WHAT ARE THEY DAVID GASPED AS HE THREW HIMSELF ON THE BIRD'S BACK GRYFFONS THE PHOENIX RUSHED ALONG THE GROUND A FEW FEET AND SPRANG INTO THE AIR BUT IT WAS TOO LATE THE FOREMOST GRIFFINS WITH POWERFUL STROKES OF THEIR WINGS SHOT UP TO MEET THEM THE PHOENIX SWERVED SHARPLY THEY MISSED THE SNAPPING BEAK OF THE FIRST GRYPHON BY HALF AN INCH AND DODGED THE SECOND ONLY TO SMASH INTO THE THIRD DAVID WAS STUNNED BY THE BLOW AND THE FALL WHEN HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE TIGHT GRIP OF TWO GRYFFINS THE PHOENIX WAS STRUGGLING FEEBLY WITH ANOTHER AND STILL MORE WERE CROWDING AROUND THEM SCREAMING LIKE HAWKS THEY LOOKED LIKE THE SLEEPING GRYFFIN BUT WERE AS LARGE AS PONIES THEIR EYES WERE YELLOW AND UNBLINKING AND THEIR TAILS TWITCHED LIKE AN ANGRY CAT'S
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