David and the Phoenix

Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. DAVID and the PHOENIX by Edward Ormondroyd ILLUSTRATED BY JOAN RAYSOR Follett Publishing Company Chicago DAVID AND THE PHOENIX, by Edward Ormondroyd Copyright 1957, by Edward Ormondroyd Contents 1. In Which David Goes Mountain Climbing, and a Mysterious Voice Is Overheard 9 2. In Which David Meets the Phoenix, and There Is a Change in Plans 19 3. In Which It Is Decided that David Should Have an Education, and an Experiment Is made 34 4. In Which David and the Phoenix Go To Visit the Gryffins, and a Great Danger Is Narrowly Averted 45 5. In Which the Scientist Arrives in Pursuit of the Phoenix, and There Are Alarums and Excursions by Night 61 6. In Which the Phoenix Has a Plan, and David and the Phoenix Call On a Sea Monster 79 7. In Which the Phoenix's Plan Is Carried Out, and There Are More Alarums and Excursions in the Night 99 8. In Which David and the Phoenix Visit a Banshee, and a Surprise Is Planted in the Enemy's Camp 115 9. In Which David and the Phoenix Call On a Faun, and a Lovely Afternoon Comes to a Strange End 138 10. In Which a Five Hundredth Birthday Is Celebrated, and the Phoenix Bows to Tradition 156 For Shirley and Josh 1: In Which David Goes Mountain Climbing, and a Mysterious Voice Is Overheard All the way there David had saved this moment for himself, struggling not to peek until the proper time came. When the car finally stopped, the rest of them got out stiffly and went into the new house. But David walked slowly into the back yard with his eyes fixed on the ground. For a whole minute he stood there, not daring to look up. Then he took a deep breath, clenched his hands tightly, and lifted his head. There it was!—as Dad had described it, but infinitely more grand. It swept upward from the valley floor, beautifully shaped and soaring, so tall that its misty blue peak could surely talk face to face with the stars. To David, who had never seen a mountain before, the sight was almost too much to bear. He felt so tight and shivery inside that he didn't know whether he wanted to laugh, or cry, or both. And the…