Part 20 (1/1)

David and

the Phoenix

Edward Ormondroyd

_Illustrated by Joan Raysor_

David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreae

There stood an enorle, a neck like a swan, and a scarlet crest Thewas that the bird had an open book on the ground and was reading from it!

This was David's first sight of the fabulous Phoenix and the beginning of a pleasant and profitable partnershi+p The Phoenix found a great deal lacking in David's education--he flunked questions like ”How do you tell a true from a false Unicorn?”--and undertook to supplement it with a practical education, an education that would be a preparation for Life The education had to be coainst a Scientist as bent on capturing the Phoenix, but the two projects together involved exciting and hilarious adventures for boy and bird

A wonderful read-aloud book, adventurous and very funny, with ic as well as the humor of the fantastic

_Follett Publishi+ng Company_

_New York_ CHICAGO _Toronto_