27/35 The rest of my body was never purple, and as for my--tail--well, I simply ask you, IS it white ?' It turned round and gravely presented its golden tail to the children. 'And that about the worm is just a vulgar insult. The Phoenix has an egg, like all respectable birds. It makes a pile--that part's all right--and it lays its egg, and it burns itself; and it goes to sleep and wakes up in its egg, and comes out and goes on living again, and so on for ever and ever. |