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Around the cloven hooves, and trailing out behind, danced a multitude of creatures  lambs and kids gamboling, goats and rams tossing their horns, foxes, furry waves of squirrels, rabbits kicking up their heels, Fauns and Nymphs rollicking, frogs and crickets and serpents. Above them flew birds and butterflies and beetles and bats in swirling clouds. Full voiced, the glorious pipes sang. AROUND THE CLOVEN HOOFS AND TRAILING OUT BEHIND DANCED A MULTITUDE OF CREATURES LAMBS AND KIDS GAMBOLLING GOATS AND RAMS TOSSING THEIR HORNS FOXES FURRY WAVES OF SQUIRRELS RABBITS KICKING UP THEIR HEELS FAWNS AND NYMPHS ROLLICKING FROGS AND CRICKETS AND SERPENTS ABOVE THEM FLEW BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES AND BATS IN SWIRLING CLOUDS FULL VOICED THE GLORIOUS PIPES SANG
 wherever it should lead. He fled blindly through the wood, heedless of the branches which whipped his face and the thorns which tore at his legs. The pipes were calling more loudly now: "Run ... run ... faster ... faster...." Then the Phoenix plunged to earth in front of him, threw out both wings, and shouted "Stop!" "Let me go, Phoenix!" David cried. "Let me by! I want to run, I must run!" He made a desperate effort to push past the outstretched wings. But the Phoenix flung him to the ground, picked him up before he could kick once, and threw him on its back. Then they were flying at full speed, dodging through gaps in the branches and between close-set trunks, with leaves and twigs slashing them from every side. They burst out of the wood and sped over a meadow. David saw below them a huge Faun-like figure pacing majestically across the sward. A flaming wreath encircled its brow, garlands of flowers hung from its arms and shoulders, and those enchanted pipes were lifted to its lips. ELF DOWN FLOWERED SLOPES FOLLOW THAT MAGIC MUSIC WHEREVER IT SHOULD LEAD HE FLED BLINDLY THROUGH THE WOOD HEEDLESS OF THE BRANCHES WHICH WHIPPED HIS FACE AND THE THORNS WHICH TORE AT HIS LEGS THE PIPES WERE CALLING MORE LOUDLY NOW RUN RUN FASTER FASTER THEN THE PHOENIX PLUNGED TO EARTH IN FRONT OF HIM THREW OUT BOTH WINGS AND SHOUTED STOP LET ME GO PHOENIX DAVID CRIED LET ME BUY I WANT TO RUN I MUST RUN HE MADE A DESPERATE EFFORT TO PUSH PAST THE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS BUT THE PHOENIX FLUNG HIM TO THE GROUND PICKED HIM UP BEFORE HE COULD KICK ONCE AND THREW HIM ON ITS BACK THEN THEY WERE FLYING AT FULL SPEED DODGING THROUGH GAPS IN THE BRANCHES AND BETWEEN CLOSE SET TRUNKS WITH LEAVES AND TWIGS SLASHING THEM FROM EVERY SIDE THEY BURST OUT OF THE WOOD AND SPED OVER A MEADOW DAVID SAW BELOW THEM A HUGE FAWN LIKE FIGURE PACING MAJESTICALLY ACROSS THE SWORD A FLAMING WREATH ENCIRCLED ITS BROW GARLANDS OF FLOWERS HUNG FROM ITS ARMS AND SHOULDERS AND THOSE ENCHANTED PIPES WERE LIFTED TO ITS LIPS
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