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You have also heard, of course, of the penalty for breaking the Rule, which you must suffer along with this human boy?" YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD OF COURSE OF THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE RULE WHICH YOU MUST SUFFER ALONG WITH THIS HUMAN BOY
odged the second--only to smash into a third. David was stunned by the blow and the fall. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the tight grip of two Gryffons. The Phoenix was struggling feebly with another, and still more were crowding around them, screaming like hawks. They looked like the sleeping Gryffen, but were as large as ponies. Their eyes were yellow and unblinking, and their tails twitched like an angry cat's. Their smell, like the lion house in the zoo, made David feel faint. "Well, Phoenix," said the largest Gryffon coldly, "you know the Rule, I believe?" The Phoenix smiled weakly and cleared its throat. "Ah, there, Gryffon," it said unsteadily. "Fancy meeting you here. Ah--ah--rule? What rule?" "Rule 26," said the Gryffon. "'No human being shall be allowed to enter the--'" "Oh, that rule," said the Phoenix, with a careless laugh. "I thought everyone knew that the Council of 1935 had changed it. Can it be that you have not yet heard?" "That won't do, Phoenix. RST GRYPHON BY HALF AN INCH AND DODGED THE SECOND ONLY TO SMASH INTO THE THIRD DAVID WAS STUNNED BY THE BLOW AND THE FALL WHEN HE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE TIGHT GRIP OF TWO GRYFFINS THE PHOENIX WAS STRUGGLING FEEBLY WITH ANOTHER AND STILL MORE WERE CROWDING AROUND THEM SCREAMING LIKE HAWKS THEY LOOKED LIKE THE SLEEPING GRYFFIN BUT WERE AS LARGE AS PONIES THEIR EYES WERE YELLOW AND UNBLINKING AND THEIR TAILS TWITCHED LIKE AN ANGRY CAT'S THEIR SMELL LIKE THE LION HOUSE IN THE ZOO MADE DAVID FEEL FAINT WELL PHOENIX SAID THE LARGEST GRYFFIN COLDLY YOU KNOW THE RULE I BELIEVE THE PHOENIX SMILED WEAKLY AND CLEARED ITS THROATS AH THERE GRIFFIN IT SAID UNSTEADILY FANCY MEETING YOU HERE AH AH RULE WHAT RULE RULE TWENTY SIX SAID THE GRYPHON NO HUMAN BEING SHALL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE OH THAT RULE SAID THE PHOENIX WITH A CARELESS LAUGH I THOUGHT EVERY ONE KNEW THAT THE COUNCIL OF NINETEEN THIRTY FIVE HAD CHANGED IT CAN IT BE THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET HEARD THAT WON'T DO PHOENIX
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