large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_04_ormondroyd_64kb_86
large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_04_ormondroyd_64kb
English
2531
"'No human being shall be allowed to enter the  '" "Oh, that rule," said the Phoenix, with a careless laugh. NO HUMAN BEING SHALL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE OH THAT RULE SAID THE PHOENIX WITH A CARELESS LAUGH
 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. 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?" The Phoenix smiled weakly and cleared its throat. "Ah, there, Gryffon," it said unsteadily. "Fancy meeting you here. Ah--ah--rule? What rule?" "Rule 26," said the Gryffon. 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 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 THE PHOENIX SMILED WEAKLY AND CLEARED ITS THROATS AH THERE GRIFFIN IT SAID UNSTEADILY FANCY MEETING YOU HERE AH AH RULE WHAT RULE RULE TWENTY SIX SAID THE GRYPHON
large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_04_ormondroyd_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_04_ormondroyd_64kb.flac