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"David!" Mother cried. "Are you all right? Where have you been? Did he hurt you?" "Who?" said David. "I'm all right. What's the matter?" DAVID MOTHER CRIED ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DID HE HURT YOU WHO SAID DAVID I'M ALL RIGHT WHAT'S THE MATTER
k home, write the note, come all the way back up to the ledge, and then go home again. David trudged down the mountainside in a very low mood. Now that he had a definite plan to work on, his fear was gone, but he felt that he had been pretty stupid to rush off without thinking of everything first. In his mind he could hear the Phoenix saying, "Look before you leap, my boy," and other wise words of advice. And he had cried, too. Lucky that no one had been there to see _that_. * * * * * As he approached the house he was surprised to see all the lights ablaze and to hear his name being called. "Oh-oh," he thought, "they've found out I've gone." "Here I am!" he shouted, opening the door. "What's the matter?" It was a strange sight which met him inside. Dad, in his gray pajamas, was waving a revolver and making fierce noises. Mother, looking frightened, had a shoe in one hand. Aunt Amy, with her hair in rags, was also well-armed--with a big cast-iron frying pan. Beckie was howling upstairs. D MADE OF EVERYTHING NOW HE WOULD HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK HOME WRITE THE NOTE COME ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THE LEDGE AND THEN GO HOME AGAIN DAVID TRUDGED DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE IN A VERY LOW MOOD NOW THAT HE HAD A DEFINITE PLAN TO WORK ON HIS FEAR WAS GONE BUT HE FELT THAT HE HAD BEEN PRETTY STUPID TO RUSH OFF WITHOUT THINKING OF EVERYTHING FIRST IN HIS MIND HE COULD HEAR THE PHOENIX SAYING LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP MY BOY AND OTHER WISE WORDS OF ADVICE AND HE HAD CRIED TOO LUCKY THAT NO ONE HAD BEEN THERE TO SEE THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE HOUSE HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE ALL THE LIGHTS ABLAZED AND TO HEAR HIS NAME BEING CALLED OH OH HE THOUGHT THEY'VE FOUND OUT I'VE GONE HERE I AM HE SHOUTED OPEN THE DOOR WHAT'S THE MATTER IT WAS A STRANGE SIGHT WHICH MET HIM INSIDE DAD IN HIS GREY PYJAMAS WAS WAVING A REVOLVER AND MAKING FIERCE NOISES MOTHER LOOKING FRIGHTENED HAD A SHOE IN ONE HAND AUNT AMY WITH HER HAIR IN RAGS WAS ALSO WELL ARMED WITH A BIG CAST IRON FRYING PAN BECKY WAS HOWLING UPSTAIRS
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