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"My boy," said the Phoenix, "I have had a wide, and sometimes painful, experience with traps; so you may believe me when I say that these are among the best I have seen. We have done well." MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX I HAVE HAD A WIDE AND SOMETIMES PAINFUL EXPERIENCE WITH TRAPS SO YOU MAY BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT THESE ARE AMONG THE BEST I HAVE SEEN WE HAVE DONE WELL
ed and trembled under his weight, and he could only use one hand for the hatchet. Then he had to make two stakes from stout, hard wood, cut a notch at one end, and drive them into the ground with the flat of the hatchet. But the hardest part was trying to bend the sapling down to the stake and fitting it into the notch. It took the weight of both of them to bring the sapling to the ground. If they got the slightest bit off balance, it would spring up again. Once David fell off; the sapling went _swish!_ back into the air, flinging the astonished Phoenix thirty feet up the mountainside. It was not until afternoon, when the sun had turned ruddy and shadows were beginning to stretch dark fingers across the land, that they finished the job. But at last the saplings were set in the notches, the nooses were formed and fastened on. Grass and leaves were strewn over the snares; chips, hewn branches, and other evidences of their work were removed. They sat down and looked proudly at each other. NESS THE SAPLING SWAYED AND TREMBLED UNDER HIS WEIGHT AND HE COULD ONLY USE ONE HAND FOR THE HATCHET THEN HE HAD TO MAKE TWO STAKES FROM STOUT HARD WOOD CUT A NOTCH AT ONE END AND DRIVE THEM INTO THE GROUND WITH THE FLAT OF THE HATCHET BUT THE HARDEST PART WAS TRYING TO BEND THE SAPLING DOWN TO THE STAKE AND FITTING IT INTO THE NOTCH IT TOOK THE WEIGHT OF BOTH OF THEM TO BRING THE SAPLING TO THE GROUND IF THEY GOT THE SLIGHTEST BIT OFF BALANCE IT WOULD SPRING UP AGAIN ONCE DAVID FELL OFF THE SAPLING WENT SWISH BACK INTO THE AIR FLINGING THE ASTONISHED PHOENIX THIRTY FEET UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE SUN HAD TURNED ROOTY AND SHADOWS WERE BEGINNING TO STRETCH DARK FINGERS ACROSS THE LAND THAT THEY FINISHED THE JOB BUT AT LAST THE SAPLINGS WERE SET IN THE NOTCHES THE NOOSES WERE FORMED AND FASTENED ON GRASS AND LEAVES WERE STREWN OVER THE SNARES CHIPS HEWN BRANCHES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF THEIR WORK WERE REMOVED THEY SAT DOWN AND LOOKED PROUDLY AT EACH OTHER
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