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"Phoenix!" David cried. "Oh, Phoenix, listen, listen!" "Run ... run ..." the pipes whispered. PHOENIX DAVID CRIED O PHOENIX LISTEN LISTEN RUN RUN THE PIPES WHISPERED
lightly parted, straining toward the mysterious silence. 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. He still could hear nothing, but some feeling, some hint of an unknown, tremendous event hung quivering in the air about them and sent little electric thrills racing up and down his whole body. "Oh, Phoenix, what is it, what is it?" he whispered. "I think we had best be going, my boy," said the Phoenix anxiously. "Come along." "Phoenix--" But he heard it now. It came whispering toward them, the sound of pipes caroling--pipes such as the Faun had played, but greater, as an organ is greater than a flute. The wild, sweet sound rose and fell, swelled like a full choir, diminished into one soprano voice that pierced David through and through, caressing and tugging, calling, "Come ... come ... run ... run.... THERE WAS A JOYOUS LIGHT IN HIS EYES AS HE LEANED FORWARD WITH HIS LIPS SLIGHTLY PARTED STRAINING TOWARD THE MYSTERIOUS SILENCE 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 HE STILL COULD HEAR NOTHING BUT SOME FEELING SOME HINT OF AN UNKNOWN TREMENDOUS EVENT HUNG QUIVERING IN THE AIR ABOUT THEM AND SENT LITTLE ELECTRIC THRILLS RACING UP AND DOWN HIS WHOLE BODY O PHOENIX WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT HE WHISPERED I THINK WE HAD BEST BE GOING MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX ANXIOUSLY COME ALONG PHOENIX BUT HE HEARD IT NOW IT CAME WHISPERING TOWARD THEM THE SOUND OF PIPES CAROLING PIPES SUCH AS THE FAWN HAD PLAYED BUT GREATER AS AN ORGAN IS GREATER THAN A FLUTE THE WILD SWEET SOUND ROSE AND FELL SWELLED LIKE A FULL CHOIR DIMINISHED INTO ONE SOPRANO VOICE THAT PIERCED DAVID THROUGH AND THROUGH CARESSING AND TUGGING CALLING COME COME RUN RUN
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