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And indeed, a number of winged creatures were loping down a hillside toward them. AND INDEED A NUMBER OF WINGED CREATURES WERE LOPING DOWN A HILLSIDE TOWARD THEM
ous and noisy yawn. Then it squinted blearily at David and murmured, "What day is it?" [Illustration] "Wednesday," David said. "Could you please tell us--" "Oh, Wednesday," said the Gryffen. It thought about this for a while, mumbling "Wednesday ... Wednesday ..." to itself. It lifted one leg as if to scratch the fly bites, changed its mind in mid-gesture, and dropped the leg again. "Oh, _Wednesday_," it said at last. "So it isn't Saturday?" "No," said David. "What we want to know is--" "Not Saturday," said the Gryffen, sinking down to the ground with a huge sigh of relief. "Ah! Come back on Saturday. Saturday afternoon. I generally get up on Saturday ... in the ... afternoon...." The words faded into a snore. "There you are, my dear fellow," said the Phoenix. "Just as I said. Oaf! Boor!" "A _very_ annoying animal," said David angrily. "I agree, my boy. But the Gryffins are different, I assure you. Now, let me see. Where should we look--" "There they come!" David cried suddenly. "Look!  EYE HALF WAY AND SAID UNUM GET UP THE PHOENIX BELLOWED THE GRYFFIN STRUGGLED INTO A SITTING POSITION AND YAWNED A TREMENDOUS AND NOISY YAWN THEN IT SQUINTED BLEARLY AT DAVID AND MURMURED WHAT DAY IS IT WEDNESDAY DAVID SAID COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US OH WEDNESDAY SAID THE GRYPHON IT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE MUMBLING WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY TO ITSELF IT LIFTED ONE LEG AS IF TO SCRATCH THE FLY BITES CHANGED ITS MIND IN MID GESTURE AND DROPPED THE LEG AGAIN OH WEDNESDAY IT SAID AT LAST SO IT ISN'T SATURDAY NO SAID DAVID WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS NOT SATURDAY SAID THE GRYPHON SINKING DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF AH COME BACK ON SATURDAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON I GENERALLY GET UP ON SATURDAY IN THE AFTERNOON THE WORDS FADED INTO A SNORE THERE YOU ARE MY DEAR FELLOW SAID THE PHOENIX JUST AS I SAID OAF BORE A VERY ANNOYING ANIMAL SAID DAVID ANGRILY I AGREE MY BOY BUT THE GRYFFINS ARE DIFFERENT I ASSURE YOU NOW LET ME SEE WHERE SHOULD WE LOOK THERE THEY COME DAVID CRIED SUDDENLY LOOK
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