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Title: David and the Phoenix

Author: Edward Ormondroyd

Illustrator: Joan Raysor

Release Date: January 28, 2009 [EBook #27922]

Language: English

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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_

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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 Stra