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Follow, leap and dance, adore and obey! Run, oh, run, heed me before all passes! Follow, before it is too late, too late, too late...." [Illustration] And David, in a delirium of desire, shouted "I'm coming!" and jumped from the Phoenix's back. FOLLOW LEAP AND DANCE ADORE AND OBEY RUN OH RUN HEED ME BEFORE ALL PASSES FOLLOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TOO LATE TOO LATE AND DAVID IN A DELIRIUM OF DESIRE SHOUTED I'M COMING AND JUMPED FROM THE PHOENIX'S BACK
e effort to push past the outstretched wings. But the Phoenix flung him to the ground, picked him up before he could kick once, and threw him on its back. Then they were flying at full speed, dodging through gaps in the branches and between close-set trunks, with leaves and twigs slashing them from every side. They burst out of the wood and sped over a meadow. David saw below them a huge Faun-like figure pacing majestically across the sward. A flaming wreath encircled its brow, garlands of flowers hung from its arms and shoulders, and those enchanted pipes were lifted to its lips. Around the cloven hooves, and trailing out behind, danced a multitude of creatures--lambs and kids gamboling, goats and rams tossing their horns, foxes, furry waves of squirrels, rabbits kicking up their heels, Fauns and Nymphs rollicking, frogs and crickets and serpents. Above them flew birds and butterflies and beetles and bats in swirling clouds. Full-voiced, the glorious pipes sang. "Come, come, run, run!  I MUST RUN HE MADE A DESPERATE EFFORT TO PUSH PAST THE OUTSTRETCHED WINGS BUT THE PHOENIX FLUNG HIM TO THE GROUND PICKED HIM UP BEFORE HE COULD KICK ONCE AND THREW HIM ON ITS BACK THEN THEY WERE FLYING AT FULL SPEED DODGING THROUGH GAPS IN THE BRANCHES AND BETWEEN CLOSE SET TRUNKS WITH LEAVES AND TWIGS SLASHING THEM FROM EVERY SIDE THEY BURST OUT OF THE WOOD AND SPED OVER A MEADOW DAVID SAW BELOW THEM A HUGE FAWN LIKE FIGURE PACING MAJESTICALLY ACROSS THE SWORD A FLAMING WREATH ENCIRCLED ITS BROW GARLANDS OF FLOWERS HUNG FROM ITS ARMS AND SHOULDERS AND THOSE ENCHANTED PIPES WERE LIFTED TO ITS LIPS AROUND THE CLOVEN HOOFS AND TRAILING OUT BEHIND DANCED A MULTITUDE OF CREATURES LAMBS AND KIDS GAMBOLLING GOATS AND RAMS TOSSING THEIR HORNS FOXES FURRY WAVES OF SQUIRRELS RABBITS KICKING UP THEIR HEELS FAWNS AND NYMPHS ROLLICKING FROGS AND CRICKETS AND SERPENTS ABOVE THEM FLEW BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES AND BATS IN SWIRLING CLOUDS FULL VOICED THE GLORIOUS PIPES SANG COME COME RUN RUN
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