Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's note: 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_ [Illustration] 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.