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"Golly, Phoenix," said David, "that's pretty clever." "_Clever_, my boy? Better to say 'a stroke of genius.' Only I, Phoenix, could have thought of it. And consider the poetic justice of it! This is exactly the sort of trap that the Scientist once set for me! GOLLY PHOENIX SAID DAVID THAT'S PRETTY CLEVER CLEVER MY BOY BETTER TO SAY A STROKE OF GENIUS ONLY I PHOENIX COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT AND CONSIDER THE POETICICE OF IT THIS IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF TRAP THAT THE SCIENTIST ONCE SET FOR ME
n. Never fear, my boy--I thought of that also. We are going to construct a snare at each end of the ledge." "How?" "Hand me that twig, my boy." The Phoenix took the twig, found a bare spot of earth, and sketched a picture. "First we find a sapling and clear the branches from it with the hatchet--like this. Next we get a stake, cut a notch in it, and drive it into the ground--so. The sapling is bent down to it and fitted into the notch, which holds it down. You see, my boy? Now we make a noose--so--from a piece of rope, tie it to the end of the sapling, and spread the loop out on the path--this way. The whole snare is hidden under grass and leaves." The Phoenix beamed and flung out its wings in a dramatic gesture. "Just picture it, my dear chap! The Scientist, smiling evilly as he skulks along the path! The unwary footstep! The sapling, jarred out of the notch, springing upward! The tightened noose! And our archenemy dangling by the foot in mid-air, completely at our mercy! Magnificent! EP AHA THAT IS WHERE THE ROPE AND HATCHET COME IN NEVER FEAR MY BOY I THOUGHT OF THAT ALSO WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A SNARE AT EACH END OF THE LEDGE HOW HAND ME THAT TWIG MY BOY THE PHOENIX TOOK THE TWIG FOUND A BARE SPOT OF EARTH AND SKETCHED A PICTURE FIRST WE FIND A SAPLING AND CLEAR THE BRANCHES FROM IT WITH THE HATCHET LIKE THIS NEXT WE GET A STAKE CUT A NOTCH IN IT AND DRIVE IT INTO THE GROUND SO THE SAPLING IS BENT DOWN TO IT AND FITTED INTO THE NOTCH WHICH HOLDS IT DOWN YOU SEE MY BOY NOW WE MAKE A NOOSE SO FROM A PIECE OF ROPE TIE IT TO THE END OF THE SAPLING AND SPREAD THE LOOP OUT ON THE PATH THIS WAY THE WHOLE SNARE IS HIDDEN UNDER GRASS AND LEAVES THE PHOENIX BEAMED AND FLUNG OUT ITS WINGS IN A DRAMATIC GESTURE JUST PICTURE IT MY DEAR CHAP THE SCIENTIST SMILING EAGERLY AS HE SKULKS ALONG THE PATH THE UNWARY FOOTSTEP THE SAPLING JARRED OUT OF THE NOTCH SPRINGING UPWARD THE TIGHTENED NOOSE AND OUR ARCHENEMY DANGLING BY THE FOOT IN MID AIR COMPLETELY AT OUR MERCY MAGNIFICENT
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