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"Come ... come ..." cried the pipes. They could be resisted no longer. In a transport of joy, David shouted "I'm coming!" and raced away toward the sound. There was nothing in his mind now, nothing in the whole world, but a desire to be near those pipes. COME COME CRIED THE PIPES THEY COULD BE RESISTED NO LONGER IN A TRANSPORT OF JOY DAVID SHOUTED I'M COMING AND RACED AWAY TOWARD THE SOUND THERE WAS NOTHING IN HIS MIND NOW NOTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT A DESIRE TO BE NEAR THOSE PIPES
 muttered the Phoenix. "I had forgotten about--this. Let us go home, my boy." A strange, uncontrollable trembling had seized David's legs. He still could hear nothing, but some feeling, some hint of an unknown, tremendous event hung quivering in the air about them and sent little electric thrills racing up and down his whole body. "Oh, Phoenix, what is it, what is it?" he whispered. "I think we had best be going, my boy," said the Phoenix anxiously. "Come along." "Phoenix--" But he heard it now. It came whispering toward them, the sound of pipes caroling--pipes such as the Faun had played, but greater, as an organ is greater than a flute. The wild, sweet sound rose and fell, swelled like a full choir, diminished into one soprano voice that pierced David through and through, caressing and tugging, calling, "Come ... come ... run ... run...." "Phoenix!" David cried. "Oh, Phoenix, listen, listen!" "Run ... run ..." the pipes whispered. "Let us go home, my boy," said the Phoenix warningly. ILENCE SUDDENLY HE SHOUTED I'M COMING I'M COMING AND DASHED OFF INTO THE WOOD GOOD HEAVENS MUTTERED THE PHOENIX I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS LET US GO HOME MY BOY A STRANGE UNCONTROLLABLE TREMBLING HAD SEIZED DAVID'S LEGS HE STILL COULD HEAR NOTHING BUT SOME FEELING SOME HINT OF AN UNKNOWN TREMENDOUS EVENT HUNG QUIVERING IN THE AIR ABOUT THEM AND SENT LITTLE ELECTRIC THRILLS RACING UP AND DOWN HIS WHOLE BODY O PHOENIX WHAT IS IT WHAT IS IT HE WHISPERED I THINK WE HAD BEST BE GOING MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX ANXIOUSLY COME ALONG PHOENIX BUT HE HEARD IT NOW IT CAME WHISPERING TOWARD THEM THE SOUND OF PIPES CAROLING PIPES SUCH AS THE FAWN HAD PLAYED BUT GREATER AS AN ORGAN IS GREATER THAN A FLUTE THE WILD SWEET SOUND ROSE AND FELL SWELLED LIKE A FULL CHOIR DIMINISHED INTO ONE SOPRANO VOICE THAT PIERCED DAVID THROUGH AND THROUGH CARESSING AND TUGGING CALLING COME COME RUN RUN PHOENIX DAVID CRIED O PHOENIX LISTEN LISTEN RUN RUN THE PIPES WHISPERED LET US GO HOME MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX WARNINGLY
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