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The snared foot was blue and swollen. "Get me down," gasped the Phoenix weakly. THE SNARED FOOT WAS BLUE AND SWOLLEN GET ME DOWN GASPED THE PHOENIX WEAKLY
sking questions and writing things down in their notebooks. They were looking rather haggard, David thought. 8: _In Which David and the Phoenix Visit a Banshee, and a Surprise Is Planted in the Enemy's Camp_ [Illustration] Next day Mother asked David to help her straighten out the garden, which had been trampled by the repair men; so he could not go to see the Phoenix until after lunch. But when that was finished, he rushed up the mountainside as fast as he could, wondering all the way what he and the Phoenix were going to do now. The ledge was empty when he got there. He shouted, "Phoenix!" and listened. "Hel-l-lp!" came a faint answering cry from the other end of the ledge. David jumped through the thicket. A pitiful sight met his eyes. There was the Phoenix, dangling by one foot from the snare, its wings feebly struggling and its free foot clawing the air. The feathers of its wings and tail were singed. Great beads of sweat rolled from its forehead into a puddle on the ground below. DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY GREGG WEEKES DAVID AND THE PHOENIX BY EDWARD ORMONDRIDE CHAPTER EIGHT IN WHICH DAVID AND THE PHOENIX VISIT A BANSHEE AND A SURPRISE IS PLANTED IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP NEXT DAY MOTHER ASKED DAVID TO HELP HER STRAIGHTEN OUT THE GARDEN WHICH HAD BEEN TRAMPLED BY THE REPAIRMAN SO HE COULD NOT GO TO SEE THE PHOENIX UNTIL AFTER LUNCH BUT WHEN THAT WAS FINISHED HE RUSHED UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AS FAST AS HE COULD WONDERING ALL THE WAY WHAT HE AND THE PHOENIX WERE GOING TO DO NOW THE LEDGE WAS EMPTY WHEN HE GOT THERE HE SHOUTED PHOENIX AND LISTENED HELP CAME A FAINT ANSWERING CRY FROM THE OTHER END OF THE LEDGE DAVID JUMPED THROUGH THE THICKET A PITIFUL SIGHT MET HIS EYES THERE WAS THE PHOENIX DANGLING BY ONE FOOT FROM THE SNARE ITS WINGS FEEBLY STRUGGLING AND ITS FREE FOOT CLAWING THE AIR THE FEATHERS OF ITS WINGS AND TAIL WERE SINGED GREAT BEADS OF SWEAT ROLLED FROM ITS FOREHEAD INTO A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND BELOW
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