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"Well, my course is clear," said the Phoenix firmly. "I must practice. Setting up exercises, roadwork, and what not. WELL MY COURSE IS CLEAR SAID THE PHOENIX FIRMLY I MUST PRACTICE SETTING UP EXERCISES ROADWORK AND WHAT NOT
 ... ten.... With a tremendous surge of its wings, the Phoenix managed to get one claw over the edge and to seize the branch of a bush in its beak. David's legs slipped from the bird's back. He dangled over the abyss from the outstretched neck, and prayed. The bush saved them. They scrabbled up over the edge, tottered there for an instant, and dropped on the grass. For a long time they lay gasping and trembling. At last the Phoenix weakly raised its head. "Puff--well, my boy--puff puff--whew!--very narrow squeak. I--puff--" [Illustration] David could not answer. The earth reeled under him and would not stop no matter how tightly he clutched the grass. "Puff--I repeat, I am--puff--an exceedingly powerful flyer. There are few birds--none, I daresay--who--puff--could have done even this much. The truth of the matter is that you are a lot--puff--heavier than you look. I hope you are not being overfed at home?" "I--I don't know," said David, wondering whether or not he was going to be sick. BED AS IT STRETCHED ITS NECK IN THE LAST EFFORT FIFTY FEET TWENTY FEET TEN WITH A TREMENDOUS SURGE OF ITS WINGS THE PHOENIX MANAGED TO GET ONE CLAW OVER THE EDGE AND TO SEIZE THE BRANCH OF A BUSH IN ITS BEAK DAVID'S LEGS SLIPPED FROM THE BIRD'S BACK HE DANGLED OVER THE ABYSS FROM THE OUTSTRETCHED NECK AND PRAYED THE BUSH SAVED THEM THEY SCRAMBLED UP OVER THE EDGE TOTTERED THERE FOR AN INSTANT AND DROPPED ON THE GRASS FOR A LONG TIME THEY LAY GASPING AND TREMBLING AT LAST THE PHOENIX WEAKLY RAISED ITS HEAD PUFF WELL MY BOY PUFF PUFF WHEW VERY NARROW SQUEAK I PUFF DAVID COULD NOT ANSWER THE EARTH REELED UNDER HIM AND WOULD NOT STOP NO MATTER HOW TIGHTLY HE CLUTCHED THE GRASS PUFF I REPEAT I AM PUFF AN EXCEEDINGLY POWERFUL FLIER THERE ARE FEW BIRDS NONE I DARE SAY WHO PUFF COULD HAVE DONE EVEN THIS MUCH THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOU ARE A LOT PUFF HEAVIER THAN YOU LOOK I HOPE YOU ARE NOT BEING OVERFED AT HOME I I DON'T KNOW SAID DAVID WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GOING TO BE SICK
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