large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_09_ormondroyd_64kb_9
large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_09_ormondroyd_64kb
English
2531
Wet and tired from splashing in the pool, they stretched out in the sun to dry. A grapevine grew near them, and they gorged themselves on the fruit, smearing their faces and hands with purple. And David closed his eyes and thought, "Now I'm having a dream, and so is the Phoenix. We're all dreaming the same thing and living in the dream, and I wish  oh, I wish none of us will ever wake up!" But he had just opened his eyes again when the Faun leaped to his feet and cried "Listen!" WET AND TIRED FROM SPLASHING IN THE POOL THEY STRETCHED OUT IN THE SUN TO DRY A GRAPE VINE DREW NEAR THEM AND THEY GORGED THEMSELVES ON THE FRUIT SMEARING THEIR FACES AND HANDS WITH PURPLE AND DAVID CLOSED HIS EYES AND THOUGHT NOW I'M HAVING A DREAM AND SO IS THE PHOENIX WE'RE ALL DREAMING THE SAME THING AND LIVING IN THE DREAM AND I WISH OH I WISH NONE OF US WILL EVER WAKE UP BUT HE HAD JUST OPENED HIS EYES AGAIN WHEN THE FAWN LEAPED TO HIS FEET AND CRIED LISTEN
hs. The Phoenix gazed very thoughtfully at some scenes of a bird building and sitting in a nest of flames. But the last pictures of this story had been broken up by roots, so they could not see how it ended. When they came to the end of the valley, where the rainbow arched over the pool, David told them of the pot of gold which is supposed to be at the foot of rainbows. They looked for it, but without success, because the rainbow disappeared whenever they got too close to it. So David and the Faun contented themselves with jumping into the pool and ducking each other and making bubbly noises, while the Phoenix, who could not swim, stood on the shore and beamed at them. They picked ferns from under the waterfall and made wreaths and garlands, which they threw at the Phoenix's head like quoits. The Faun showed them a certain place to shout from if you wanted to hear an echo. The Phoenix shouted, "A stitch in time saves nine!" and the echo dolorously answered, "A switch is fine for crime. HER FAWNS DANCING WITH NYMPHS THE PHOENIX GAZED VERY THOUGHTFULLY AT SOME SCENES OF A BIRD BUILDING AND SITTING IN A NEST OF FLAMES BUT THE LAST PICTURE OF THIS STORY HAD BEEN BROKEN UP BY ROOTS SO THEY COULD NOT SEE HOW IT ENDED WHEN THEY CAME TO THE END OF THE VALLEY WHERE THE RAINBOW ARCHED OVER THE POOL DAVID TOLD THEM OF THE POT OF GOLD WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE FOOT OF RAINBOWS THEY LOOKED FOR IT BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS BECAUSE THE RAINBOW DISAPPEARED WHENEVER THEY GOT TOO CLOSE TO IT SO DAVID AND THE FAWN CONTENTED THEMSELVES WITH JUMPING INTO THE POOL AND DUCKING EACH OTHER AND MAKING BUBBLY NOISES WHILE THE PHOENIX WHO COULD NOT SWIM STOOD ON THE SHORE AND BEAMED AT THEM THEY PICKED FERNS FROM UNDER THE WATERFALL AND MADE WREATHS AND GARLANDS WHICH THEY THREW AT THE PHOENIX'S HEAD LIKE QUOITS THE FAWN SHOWED THEM A CERTAIN PLACE TO SHOUT FROM IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR AN ECHO THE PHOENIX SHOUTED A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE AND THE ECHO DOLOROUSLY ANSWERED SWITCH IS FINE FOR CRIME
large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_09_ormondroyd_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/2531/davidandphoenix_0902_librivox_64kb_mp3/davidandthephoenix_09_ormondroyd_64kb.flac