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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. 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
ndage, running down the valley road. The farmer guessed the man's speed to be thirty-five miles an hour. But, he added, there was such a cloud of dust being raised that he could not see very well. "It might have been fifty miles an hour," he said. No one doubted him. [Illustration] 9: _In Which David and the Phoenix Call On a Faun, and a Lovely Afternoon Comes to a Strange End_ [Illustration] The Phoenix was dead tired. And no wonder--all in one week it had escaped from Gryffons, raced with a Witch, made round-trip flights to the Pacific Isles and Ireland, been caught in a snare, got burned by a short circuit, 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 on the grass.  CHAPTER NINE OF DAVID AND THE PHOENIX THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY GREGG WEEKES DAVID AND THE PHOENIX BY EDWARD ORMONDRIDE CHAPTER NINE IN WHICH DAVID AND THE PHOENIX CALL ON A FAWN AND A LOVELY AFTERNOON COMES TO A STRANGE END THE PHOENIX WAS DEAD TIRED AND NO WONDER ALL IN ONE WEEK IT HAD ESCAPED FROM GRIFFINS RACED WITH A WITCH MADE ROUND TRIP FLIGHTS TO THE PACIFIC ISLES IN IRELAND BEEN CAUGHT IN A SNARE GOT BURNED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT 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
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