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David, in turn, told the Phoenix about the games he used to play when he lived in the flat country, and all about school, and Mother and Dad and Aunt Amy and Beckie. He could not help laughing now and then over the Scientist's defeat. But whenever this came up, the Phoenix would shake its head with a kind of sad wisdom. DAVID IN TURN TOLD THE PHOENIX ABOUT THE GAMES HE USED TO PLAY WHEN HE LIVED IN THE FLAT COUNTRY AND ALL ABOUT SCHOOL AND MOTHER AND DAD AND AUNT AMY AND BECKY HE COULD NOT HELP LAUGHING NOW AND THEN OVER THE SCIENTIST'S DEFEAT BUT WHENEVER THIS CAME UP THE PHOENIX WOULD SHAKE ITS HEAD WITH A KIND OF SAD WISDOM
owhere--the wonderful kind in which you say whatever comes to your head without fear of being misunderstood, because what you say has little importance anyway. The Phoenix told of the times and adventures it had had. Of the forgotten corners of the world where life went on as it had from the beginning, and of friends who lived there. Of Trolls who mined metal from the earth and made from it wondrous machines which whirred and clattered and clanked and did absolutely nothing. ("The best kind of machine after all, my boy, since they injure no one, and there is nothing to worry about when they break down.") Of Unicorns ("Excellent chaps, but so frightfully melancholy") which shone white in the sun and tossed their ivory horns like rapiers. Of a Dragon who, having no treasure to guard, got together a pathetic heap of colored pebbles in its cave. ("And really, he came to believe in time that they were absolutely priceless, and went about with a worried frown of responsibility on his brow!") HAT BEGAN NOWHERE AND ENDED NOWHERE THE WONDERFUL KIND IN WHICH YOU SAY WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR HEAD WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAY HAS LITTLE IMPORTANCE ANYWAY THE PHOENIX TOLD OF THE TIMES AND ADVENTURES IT HAD HAD OF THE FORGOTTEN CORNERS OF THE WORLD WHERE LIFE WENT ON AS IT HAD FROM THE BEGINNING AND OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE THERE OF TROLLS WHO MINED METAL FROM THE EARTH AND MADE FROM IT WONDROUS MACHINES WHICH WHIRRED AND CLATTERED AND CLANKED AND DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THE BEST KIND OF A MACHINE AFTER ALL MY BOY SINCE THEY INJURE NO ONE AND THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN THEY BREAK DOWN OF UNICORNS EXCELLENT CHAPS BUT SO FRIGHTFULLY MELANCHOLY WHICH SHONE WHITE IN THE SUN AND TOSSED THEIR IVORY HORNS LIKE RAPIERS OF A DRAGON WHO HAVING NO TREASURE TO GUARD GOT TOGETHER A PATHETIC HEAP OF COLOURED PEBBLES IN ITS CAVE AND REALLY HE CAME TO BELIEVE IN TIME THAT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS AND WENT ABOUT WITH A WORRIED FROWN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON HIS BROW
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