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He will be curious about the Wail, and will return to investigate it. Once here, he will remember us, and we shall have to take him into account once more." HE WILL BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE WHALE AND WILL RETURN TO INVESTIGATE IT ONCE HERE HE WILL REMEMBER US AND WE SHALL HAVE TO TAKE HIM INTO ACCOUNT ONCE MORE
 chaps, but so frightfully melancholy") which shone white in the sun and tossed their ivory horns like rapiers. Of a Dragon who, having no treasure to guard, got together a pathetic heap of colored pebbles in its cave. ("And really, he came to believe in time that they were absolutely priceless, and went about with a worried frown of responsibility on his brow!") David, in turn, told the Phoenix about the games he used to play when he lived in the flat country, and all about school, and Mother and Dad and Aunt Amy and Beckie. He could not help laughing now and then over the Scientist's defeat. But whenever this came up, the Phoenix would shake its head with a kind of sad wisdom. "My boy, there are certain things, such as head colds and forgetting where you have left your keys, which are inevitable--and I am afraid that the Scientist is, too." "Oh, Phoenix, you don't think he'll come back, do you?" "Yes, my boy, I do. I can see the whole train of events: He will recover from his fright. EN THEY BREAK DOWN OF UNICORNS EXCELLENT CHAPS BUT SO FRIGHTFULLY MELANCHOLY WHICH SHONE WHITE IN THE SUN AND TOSSED THEIR IVORY HORNS LIKE RAPIERS OF A DRAGON WHO HAVING NO TREASURE TO GUARD GOT TOGETHER A PATHETIC HEAP OF COLOURED PEBBLES IN ITS CAVE AND REALLY HE CAME TO BELIEVE IN TIME THAT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS AND WENT ABOUT WITH A WORRIED FROWN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS BROW DAVID IN TURN TOLD THE PHOENIX ABOUT THE GAMES HE USED TO PLAY WHEN HE LIVED IN THE FLAT COUNTRY AND ALL ABOUT SCHOOL AND MOTHER AND DAD AND AUNT AMY AND BECKY HE COULD NOT HELP LAUGHING NOW AND THEN OVER THE SCIENTIST'S DEFEAT BUT WHENEVER THIS CAME UP THE PHOENIX WOULD SHAKE ITS HEAD WITH A KIND OF SAD WISDOM MY BOY THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS SUCH AS HEAD COLDS AND FORGETTING WHERE YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR KEYS WHICH ARE INEVITABLE AND I AM AFRAID THAT THE SCIENTIST IS TOO O PHOENIX YOU DON'T THINK HE'LL COME BACK DO YOU YES MY BO BOY I DO I CAN SEE THE WHOLE TRAIN OF EVENTS HE WILL RECOVER FROM HIS FRIGHT
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