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It seemed to be quite a kindly creature, really. He had just frightened it and made it angry by bursting out of the bushes so suddenly. He heard a flailing in the thicket, followed by the bird's anxious voice: "Hello! Are you still there?" "Yes. What IT SEEMED TO BE QUITE A KINDLY CREATURE REALLY HE HAD JUST FRIGHTENED IT AND MADE IT ANGRY BY BURSTING OUT OF THE BUSHES SO SUDDENLY HE HEARD A FLAILING IN THE THICKET FOLLOWED BY THE VER BIRD'S ANXIOUS VOICE HELLO ARE YOU STILL THERE YES WHAT
 had been too much. Tears started in David's eyes, and his lip began to tremble. The bird seemed reassured, for its manner visibly softened. It lowered and folded its wings, and the glare faded from its eyes. "I'd go away," David mumbled apologetically, "only I'm stuck." He rubbed his eyes on his sleeve. The bird looked at his dismal face and began to fidget awkwardly. "There, there," it said. "I had no intention of--I am afraid that I--Stuck, did you say? Very easily mended, my dear fellow! Merely a question of--Here, let me look." It crashed through the thicket to where David was caught and thrust its head down through the branches. Its muffled voice came floating up. "Take heart! There seems to be--aha! just so--One moment, please--bit of vine--_there_ we are!" There was a snapping sound from below, and David's foot was released. He unstuck the snag from his shirt, pushed his way out of the thicket, and sat down weakly on the grass. Whew! At least the bird was not going to harm him.  A BEE IN THE BUSH HERE I I DIDN'T MEAN TO THE FRIGHT HAD BEEN TOO MUCH TEARS STARTED IN DAVID'S EYES AND HIS LIP BEGAN TO TREMBLE THE BIRD SEEMED REASSURED FOR ITS MANNER VISIBLY SOFTENED IT LOWERED AND FOLDED ITS WINGS AND THE GLARE FADED FROM ITS EYES I'D GO AWAY DAVID MUMBLED APOLOGETICALLY ONLY I'M STUCK HE RUBBED HIS EYES ON HIS SLEEVE THE BIRD LOOKED AT HIS DISMAL FACE AND BEGAN TO FIDGET AWKWARDLY THERE THERE IT SAID I HAD NO INTENTION OF I'M AFRAID THAT I STUCK DID YOU SAY VERY EASILY MENDED MY DEAR FELLOW MERELY A QUESTION OF HERE LET ME LOOK IT CRASHED THROUGH THE THICKET TO WHERE DAVID WAS CAUGHT AND THRUST ITS HEAD DOWN THROUGH THE BRANCHES ITS MUFFLED VOICE CAME FLOATING UP TAKE HEART THERE SEEMS TO BE A HA JUST SO ONE MOMENT PLEASE BIT OF VINE THERE WE ARE THERE WAS A SNAPPING SOUND FROM BELOW AND DAVID'S FOOT WAS RELEASED HE UNSTUCK THE SNAG FROM HIS SHIRT PUSHED HIS WAY OUT OF THE THICKET AND SAT DOWN WEAKLY ON THE GRASS WHEW AT LEAST THE BIRD WAS NOT GOING TO HARM HIM
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