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He saw that even the Phoenix was shuffling around in time to the piping, and looking very embarrassed about it, too. HE SAW THAT EVEN THE PHOENIX WAS SHUFFLING ROUND IN TIME TO THE PIPING AND LOOKING VERY EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT TOO
 But then he too fell, tripping over a vine, and David shot past him and touched the oak one jump ahead of him, shouting "First!" They sat down on the moss, panting. The Faun said, "You can really run! I'm sorry you fell." "Well, you fell too, so that makes us even," said David. They looked at each other and for some reason burst out laughing. They rolled around on the moss and laughed until tears came, while the Phoenix fidgeted in reproachful silence. When they had calmed down a little, the Faun said, "Can you dance?" "No," said David. "I wish I could, though." "The educational value of dancing is practically nil," the Phoenix began severely. "I advise--" "Sure you can dance," said the Faun. "Listen." He brought the pipes to his lips and began to play. And much to his surprise and delight, David found himself dancing as though he had never done anything else in his life. The wonderful thing was that he did not have to think about what he was doing: the music was doing it all for him. FROM IT LIKE A SPRING AND BEGAN TO RACE BACK TO THE OAK BUT THEN HE TOO FELL TRIPPING OVER A VINE AND DAVID SHOT PAST HIM AND TOUCHED THE OAK ONE JUMP AHEAD OF HIM SHOUTING FIRST THEY SAT DOWN ON THE MOSS PANTING THE FAWN SAID YOU CAN REALLY RUN I'M SORRY YOU FELL WELL YOU FELL TOO SO THAT MAKES US EVEN SAID DAVID THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND FOR SOME REASON BURST OUT LAUGHING THEY ROLLED AROUND ON THE MOSS AND LAUGHED UNTIL TEARS CAME WHILE THE PHOENIX FIDGETED IN REPROACHFUL SILENCE WHEN THEY HAD CALMED DOWN A LITTLE THE FAWN SAID CAN YOU DANCE NO SAID DAVID I WISH I COULD THOUGH THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF DANCING IS PRACTICALLY NIL THE PHOENIX BEGAN SEVERELY I ADVISE SURE YOU CAN DANCE SAID THE FAWN LISTEN HE BROUGHT THE PIPES TO HIS LIPS AND BEGAN TO PLAY AND MUCH TO HIS SURPRISE AND DELIGHT DAVID FOUND HIMSELF DANCING AS THOUGH HE HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING ELSE IN HIS LIFE THE WONDERFUL THING WAS THAT HE DID NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING THE MUSIC WAS DOING IT ALL FOR HIM
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