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Suddenly he shouted, "I'm coming, I'm coming!" and dashed off into the wood. "Good heavens," muttered the Phoenix. "I had forgotten about  this. Let us go home, my boy." A strange, uncontrollable trembling had seized David's legs. SUDDENLY HE SHOUTED I'M COMING I'M COMING AND DASHED OFF INTO THE WOOD GOOD HEAVENS MUTTERED THE PHOENIX I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS LET US GO HOME MY BOY A STRANGE UNCONTROLLABLE TREMBLING HAD SEIZED DAVID'S LEGS
 to hear an echo. The Phoenix shouted, "A stitch in time saves nine!" and the echo dolorously answered, "A switch is fine for crime." 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!" and flicked his pointed ears forward like a cat. David stood up and said in a puzzled voice, "I don't hear anything." He noticed that the Phoenix had also got up, and was listening uncomfortably to whatever it was. "Listen! Oh, listen!" cried the Faun. There was a joyous light in his eyes as he leaned forward with his lips slightly parted, straining toward the mysterious silence.  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 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 AND FLICKED HIS POINTED EARS FORWARD LIKE A CAT DAVID STOOD UP AND SAID IN A PUZZLED VOICE I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING HE NOTICED THAT THE PHOENIX HAD ALSO GOT UP AND WAS LISTENING UNCOMFORTABLY TO WHATEVER IT WAS LISTEN OH LISTEN CRIED THE FAWN THERE WAS A JOYOUS LIGHT IN HIS EYES AS HE LEANED FORWARD WITH HIS LIPS SLIGHTLY PARTED STRAINING TOWARD THE MYSTERIOUS SILENCE
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