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"Well," said David desperately, "it was a _dusty_ accident." "It seems to have been very dusty indeed," said a third voice. WELL SAID DAVID DESPERATELY IT WAS A DUSTY ACCIDENT IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN VERY DUSTY INDEED SAID A THIRD VOICE
: _In Which the Scientist Arrives in Pursuit of the Phoenix, and There Are Alarums and Excursions by Night_ [Illustration] The lights downstairs were all on when David got home, and as soon as he opened the front door he could tell that they had company. He shouted, "I'm home!" and sneezed. The dust from the Gryffons' cave still clung to him, tickling his nose. "Well, here he is at last," said Dad's voice. "Come on in, David." Then, as David walked into the living room, "Good heavens, Son, what's happened to you?" "Your _back_, David!" Mother said in a horrified voice. "Your poor back! What _happened_ to you?" [Illustration] David felt himself. The back of his shirt was ripped to tatters, and there were three lines of caked blood across his shoulders. He remembered now: it was the Gryffon that had tried to grab him as he and the Phoenix made their escape. But he had promised the Phoenix to keep its secret. He stammered, "I--I had an accident." "And dust all _over_ you!" Mother went on. X DOT ORG RECORDING BY GREG WEEKES DAVID AND THE PHOENIX BY EDWARD ORMONDRID CHAPTER FIVE IN WHICH THE SCIENTIST ARRIVES IN PURSUIT OF THE PHOENIX AND THERE ARE ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS BY NIGHT THE LIGHTS DOWNSTAIRS WERE ALL ON WHEN DAVID GOT HOME AND AS SOON AS HE OPENED THE FRONT DOOR HE COULD TELL THAT THEY HAD COMPANY HE SHOUTED I'M HOME AND SNEEZED THE DUST FROM THE GRIFFIN'S CAVE STILL CLUNG TO HIM TICKLING HIS NOSE WELL HERE HE IS AT LAST SAID DAD'S VOICE COME ON IN DAVID THEN AS DAVID WALKED INTO THE LIVING ROOM GOOD HEAVENS SON WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU YOUR BACK DAVID MOTHER SAID IN A HORRIFIED VOICE YOU'RE POOR BACK WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU DAVID FELT HIMSELF THE BACK OF HIS SHIRT WAS RIPPED TO TATTERS AND THERE WERE THREE LINES OF CAKED BLOOD ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS HE REMEMBERED NOW IT WAS THE GRYPHON THAT HAD TRIED TO GRAB HIM AS HE AND THE PHOENIX MADE THEIR ESCAPE BUT HE HAD PROMISED THE PHOENIX TO KEEP IT SECRET HE STAMMERED I I HAD AN ACCIDENT AND DUST ALL OVER YOU MOTHER WENT ON
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