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From the waist down he was covered with shaggy hair like a goat's, and instead of feet he had cloven hooves. The hair on his head was black and curly, and tumbled around small pointed ears and a pair of short horns. His eyes were slanted slightly upward, and he had a pointed chin and a snub nose. The Faun waved his pipes saucily at the Phoenix and gave a wry smile. "Hullo, Phoenix! Back again to honor us with your wit and wisdom? What gems of advice have you got for us now?" FROM THE WAIST DOWN HE WAS COVERED WITH SHAGGY HAIR LIKE A GOAT'S AND INSTEAD OF FEET HE HAD CLOVEN HOOFS THE HAIR ON HIS HEAD WAS BLACK AND CURLY AND TUMBLED AROUND SMALL POINTED EARS AND A PAIR OF SHORT HORNS HIS EYES WERE SLANTED SLIGHTLY UPWARD AND HE HAD A POINTED CHIN AND A SNUB NOSE THE FAWN WAVED HIS PIPE SAUCILY AT THE PHOENIX AND GAVE A RISE SMILE HELLO PHOENIX BACK AGAIN TO HONOUR US WITH YOUR WIT AND WISDOM WHAT GEMS OF ADVICE HAVE YOU GOT FOR US NOW
erflies sprang up at their approach and swirled about them. To their right stood two broken columns, half-hidden beneath a wild tangle of vine and clusters of purple grapes. Beyond was the forest, dark and cool and silent, with shafts of sunlight in it like golden spears pinning the forest floor to earth. There was no breeze. And as David stood there, scarcely daring to breathe, they heard the sound of shepherd pipes coming from the edge of the wood. It was a minor tune, but somehow lilting too, with the rippling of water in it, and the laughter of birds flying high, and the whisper of reeds as they bend together by the edge of streams, and the gaiety of crickets by night, and the pouring of summer rain. The piping died away, and the Phoenix beckoned to the spellbound David. Together they walked across the glade, leaving behind them a wake of swirling butterflies. An immense oak stood at the edge of the forest. At its foot, on a bed of moss, sat the Faun. He was the same size as David.  OF FLOWERS CLOUDS OF BUTTERFLIES SPRANG UP AT THEIR APPROACH AND SWIRLED ABOUT THEM TO THEIR RIGHT STOOD TWO BROKEN COLUMNS HALF HIDDEN BENEATH A WILD TANGLE OF VINE AND CLUSTERS OF PURPLE GRAPES BEYOND WAS THE FOREST DARK AND COOL AND SILENT WITH SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT IN IT LIKE GOLDEN SPEARS PINNING THE FOREST FLOOR TO EARTH THERE WAS NO BREEZE AND AS DAVID STOOD THERE SCARCELY DARING TO BREATHE THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF SHEPHERD PIPES COMING FROM THE EDGE OF THE WOOD IT WAS A MINOR TUNE BUT SOMEHOW LILTING TOO WITH THE RIPPLING OF WATER IN IT AND THE LAUGHTER OF BIRDS FLYING HIGH AND THE WHISPER OF REEDS AS THEY BENT TOGETHER BY THE EDGE OF STREAMS AND THE GAYETY OF CRICKETS BY NIGHT AND THE POURING OF SUMMER RAIN THE PIPING DIED AWAY AND THE PHOENIX BECKONED TO THE SPELLBOUND DAVID TOGETHER THEY WALKED ACROSS THE GLADE LEAVING BEHIND THEM A WAKE OF SWIRLING BUTTERFLIES AN IMMENSE OAK STOOD AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST AT ITS FOOT ON A BED OF MOSS SAT THE FAWN HE WAS THE SAME SIZE AS DAVID
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