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"The whole situation up there is a lot simpler than I thought it would be, my boy. The power lines merely come up to the pole on one side, pass through the insulators, and go away from the pole on the other side. Child's play! The covering on the lines is rather tough, however. We shall have to use the wire cutters." THE WHOLE SITUATION UP THERE IS A LOT SIMPLER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MY BOY THE POWER LINES MERELY COME UP TO THE POLE ON ONE SIDE PASS THROUGH THE INSULATOR AND GO AWAY FROM THE POLE ON THE OTHER SIDE CHILD'S PLAY THE COVERING ON THE LINES IS RATHER TOUGH HOWEVER WE SHALL HAVE TO USE THE WIRE CUTTERS
ould be no harm in trying it out, anyway. They gathered up the tools and walked along the hedge to the telephone pole, which was in one corner of the yard. The Phoenix began to uncoil the wire, while David gazed up doubtfully at the shadowy maze of lines and insulators on the cross-arms. "Electricity," said the Phoenix thoughtfully, "is a complicated and profound subject. There are amperes, and there are volts, and there are kilowatt hours. I might also mention positive and negative and--ah--all that sort of thing. Most profound. Perhaps I had better investigate up there. Screw driver, please." The Phoenix took the screw driver in one claw and flew up to the top of the pole. David could hear the creak of the lines under the Phoenix's weight and the rattling of the screw driver against the porcelain insulators. For some minutes the Phoenix investigated, clicking and scraping about, and muttering "Quite so" and "_There_ we are." Then it fluttered down again and rubbed its wings together. MORE OBJECTIONS AND WELL WHY NOT THERE SHOULD BE NO HARM IN TRYING IT OUT ANYWAY THEY GATHERED UP THE TOOLS AND WALKED ALONG THE HEDGE TO THE TELEPHONE POLE WHICH WAS IN ONE CORNER OF THE YARD THE PHOENIX BEGAN TO UNCOIL THE WIRE WHILE DAVID GAZED UP DOUBTFULLY AT THE SHADOWY MAZE OF LINES AND INSULATORS ON THE CROSS ARMS ELECTRICITY SAID THE PHOENIX THOUGHTFULLY IS A COMPLICATED AND PROFOUND SUBJECT THERE ARE ANCHORS AND THERE REVOLTS AND THERE ARE KILAWAT HOURS I MIGHT ALSO MENTION POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AND AH ALL THAT SORT OF THING MOST PROFOUND PERHAPS I HAD BETTER INVESTIGATE UP THERE SCREWDRIVER PLEASE THE PHOENIX TOOK THE SCREWDRIVER IN ONE CLAW AND FLEW UP TO THE TOP OF THE POLE DAVID COULD HEAR THE CREAK OF THE LINES UNDER THE PHOENIX'S WEIGHT AND THE RATTLING OF THE SCREWDRIVER AGAINST THE PORCELAIN INSULATORS FOR SOME MINUTES THE PHOENIX INVESTIGATED CLICKING AND SCRAPING ABOUT AND MUTTERING QUITE SO AND THERE WE ARE THEN IT FLUTTERED DOWN AGAIN AND RUBBED ITS WINGS TOGETHER
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