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Of Trolls who mined metal from the earth and made from it wondrous machines which whirred and clattered and clanked and did absolutely nothing. ("The best kind of machine after all, my boy, since they injure no one, and there is nothing to worry about when they break down.") OF TROLLS WHO MINED METAL FROM THE EARTH AND MADE FROM IT WONDROUS MACHINES WHICH WHIRRED AND CLATTERED AND CLANKED AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THE BEST KIND OF A MACHINE AFTER ALL MY BOY SINCE THEY INJURE NO ONE AND THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN
 an exploding cigar. Even a bird as strong as the Phoenix cannot do all these things without needing a rest. So the traveling part of David's education was stopped for a while to let the Phoenix recover. The days went by pleasantly on the ledge. Summer was at its height. The sun fell on them with just the right amount of warmth as they lolled on the grass. The air was filled with a lazy murmuring. "Listen," the murmuring seemed to say, "don't talk, don't think--close your eyes and listen." Below them, the whole valley danced and wavered in the heat waves, so that it seemed to be under water. There were long, lazy conversations that began nowhere and ended nowhere--the wonderful kind in which you say whatever comes to your head without fear of being misunderstood, because what you say has little importance anyway. The Phoenix told of the times and adventures it had had. Of the forgotten corners of the world where life went on as it had from the beginning, and of friends who lived there. IT AND BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY AN EXPLODING CIGAR EVEN A BIRD AS STRONG AS THE PHOENIX CANNOT DO ALL THESE THINGS WITHOUT NEEDING A REST SO THE TRAVELING PART OF DAVID'S EDUCATION WAS STOPPED FOR A WHILE TO LET THE PHOENIX RECOVER THE DAYS WENT BY PLEASANTLY ON THE LEDGE SUMMER WAS AT ITS HEIGHT THE SUN FELL ON THEM WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF WARMTH AS THEY LOLLED IN THE GRASS THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH A LAZY MURMURING LISTEN THE MURMURING SEEMED TO SAY DON'T TALK DON'T THINK CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN BELOW THEM THE WHOLE VALLEY DANCED AND WAVERED IN THE HEAT WAVES SO THAT IT SEEMED TO BE UNDER WATER THERE WERE LONG LAZY CONVERSATIONS THAT BEGAN NOWHERE AND ENDED NOWHERE THE WONDERFUL KIND IN WHICH YOU SAY WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR HEAD WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAY HAS LITTLE IMPORTANCE ANYWAY THE PHOENIX TOLD OF THE TIMES AND ADVENTURES IT HAD HAD OF THE FORGOTTEN CORNERS OF THE WORLD WHERE LIFE WENT ON AS IT HAD FROM THE BEGINNING AND OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE THERE
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