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The Faun showed them a certain place to shout from if you wanted to hear an echo. The Phoenix shouted, "A stitch in time saves nine!" and the echo dolorously answered, "A switch is fine for crime." Wet and tired from splashing in the pool, they stretched out in the sun to dry. A grapevine grew near them, and they gorged themselves on the fruit, smearing their faces and hands with purple. THE FAWN SHOWED THEM A CERTAIN PLACE TO SHOUT FROM IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR AN ECHO THE PHOENIX SHOUTED A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE AND THE ECHO DOLOROUSLY ANSWERED SWITCH IS FINE FOR CRIME WET AND TIRED FROM SPLASHING IN THE POOL THEY STRETCHED OUT IN THE SUN TO DRY A GRAPE VINE DREW NEAR THEM AND THEY GORGED THEMSELVES ON THE FRUIT SMEARING THEIR FACES AND HANDS WITH PURPLE
pear. There were series of pictures telling stories of wonders and adventures in far-distant lands, voyages, wars, conquests. The Faun proudly pointed out a picture of other Fauns dancing with Nymphs. The Phoenix gazed very thoughtfully at some scenes of a bird building and sitting in a nest of flames. But the last pictures of this story had been broken up by roots, so they could not see how it ended. When they came to the end of the valley, where the rainbow arched over the pool, David told them of the pot of gold which is supposed to be at the foot of rainbows. They looked for it, but without success, because the rainbow disappeared whenever they got too close to it. So David and the Faun contented themselves with jumping into the pool and ducking each other and making bubbly noises, while the Phoenix, who could not swim, stood on the shore and beamed at them. They picked ferns from under the waterfall and made wreaths and garlands, which they threw at the Phoenix's head like quoits. SWORD AND SHIELD AND SPEAR THERE WERE SERIES OF PICTURES TELLING STORIES OF WONDERS AND ADVENTURES IN FAR DISTANT LANDS VOYAGES WARS CONQUESTS THE FAWN PROUDLY POINTED OUT A PICTURE OF OTHER FAWNS DANCING WITH NYMPHS THE PHOENIX GAZED VERY THOUGHTFULLY AT SOME SCENES OF A BIRD BUILDING AND SITTING IN A NEST OF FLAMES BUT THE LAST PICTURE OF THIS STORY HAD BEEN BROKEN UP BY ROOTS SO THEY COULD NOT SEE HOW IT ENDED WHEN THEY CAME TO THE END OF THE VALLEY WHERE THE RAINBOW ARCHED OVER THE POOL DAVID TOLD THEM OF THE POT OF GOLD WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE FOOT OF RAINBOWS THEY LOOKED FOR IT BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS BECAUSE THE RAINBOW DISAPPEARED WHENEVER THEY GOT TOO CLOSE TO IT SO DAVID AND THE FAWN CONTENTED THEMSELVES WITH JUMPING INTO THE POOL AND DUCKING EACH OTHER AND MAKING BUBBLY NOISES WHILE THE PHOENIX WHO COULD NOT SWIM STOOD ON THE SHORE AND BEAMED AT THEM THEY PICKED FERNS FROM UNDER THE WATERFALL AND MADE WREATHS AND GARLANDS WHICH THEY THREW AT THE PHOENIX'S HEAD LIKE QUOITS
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