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They had a tree climbing contest, which David won because his feet were better than hooves for standing on branches. THEY HAD A TREE CLIMBING CONTEST WHICH DAVID WON BECAUSE HIS FEET WERE BETTER THAN HOOFS FOR STANDING ON BRANCHES
ed about it, too. "There," said the Faun when they had finished, "you _can_ dance, and very well. Even old Phoenix can dance." Suddenly he jumped up and cried, "Let's go--come on!" and started to run. David followed, not knowing where they were going and not caring. The Phoenix came after them, half running and half flying to keep up. They raced across the glade, through a stand of trees, and out into the meadow beyond. There they came to a bank of daisies, and threw themselves into the middle of it and began to pelt each other with blossoms. The Phoenix, finally caught up in the spirit of it, collected a huge bunch while they were wrestling, flew suddenly over them, and drowned them beneath a deluge of flowers. Near by was the stream. They splashed in the shallows, skipped pebbles over the surface, and dug a harbor with two dikes in the sandy part of the shore. The Faun showed David how to build little boats of reeds, and the Phoenix made them sail by blowing up a wind with its wings.  THE PIPING AND LOOKING VERY EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT TOO THERE SAID THE FAWN WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED YOU CAN DANCE AND VERY WELL EVEN OLD PHOENIX CAN DANCE SUDDENLY HE JUMPED UP AND CRIED LET'S GO COME ON AND STARTED TO RUN DAVID FOLLOWED NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY WERE GOING AND NOT CARING THE PHOENIX CAME AFTER THEM HALF RUNNING AND HALF FLYING TO KEEP UP THEY RACED ACROSS THE GLADE THROUGH A STAND OF TREES AND OUT INTO THE MEADOW BEYOND THERE THEY CAME TO A BANK OF DAISIES AND THREW THEMSELVES INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT AND BEGAN TO PELT EACH OTHER WITH BLOSSOMS THE PHOENIX FINALLY CAUGHT UP IN THE SPIRIT OF IT COLLECTED A HUGE BUNCH WHILE THEY WERE WRESTLING FLEW SUDDENLY OVER THEM AND DROWNED THEM BENEATH A DELUGE OF FLOWERS NEAR BY WAS THE STREAM THEY SPLASHED IN THE SHALLOWS SKIPPED PEBBLES OVER THE SURFACE AND DUG A HARBOUR WITH TWO DIKES IN THE SANDY PART OF THE SHORE THE FAWN SHOWED DAVID HOW TO BUILD LITTLE BOATS OF REEDS AND THE PHOENIX MADE THEM SAIL BY BLOWING UP A WIND WITH ITS WINGS
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