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reesontheislandwhereyou
can't have whooping-cough.'
'Prettyisland'saidtheLamb;'paint-boxsandsandseaallshiny
sparkly.'
Hisbrothersandsistershadoftenwonderedwhetherheremembered
that island. Now they knew that he did.
'Yes'saidCyril;'nomorecheapreturntripsbycarpetforus—that'sa
dead cert.'
Theywerealltalkingaboutthecarpetbutwhattheywereallthinking
about was the Phoenix.
Thegoldenbirdhadbeensokindsofriendlysopolitesoinstruct-
ive—and now it had set fire to a theatre and made mother ill.
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Nobodyblamedthebird.Ithadactedinaperfectlynaturalmanner.
Buteveryonesawthatitmustnotbeaskedtoprolongitsvisit.Indeed
in plain English it must be asked to go!
Thefourchildrenfeltlikebasespiesandtreacherousfriends;andeach
initsmindwassayingwhooughtnottobetheonetotellthePhoenix
thattherecouldnolongerbeaplaceforitinthathappyhomeinCam-
denTown.Eachchildwasquitesurethatoneofthemoughttospeakout
in a fair and manly waybut nobody wanted to be the one.
Theycouldnottalkthewholethingoverastheywouldhavelikedto
dobecausethePhoenixitselfwasinthecupboardamongtheblack-
beetles and the odd shoes and the broken chessmen.
But Anthea tried.
'It'sveryhorrid.Idohatethinkingthingsaboutpeopleandnotbeing
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