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Chapter 38: The Phoenix’s Cry
Just as the phoenix started to cry, Elise’s blue third eye appeared on her forehead and each of them who was on board the raft lost their ears. Everyone of them went deaf without their ears.
A nearby hermit ibis heard the phoenix’s cry, and it burst into flames. So did the others like herons and cranes that were hunting in the River Nile.
Through Elise’s powers, the beaks of each phoenix were glued so that they could not open them and cry. After that, she gathered the four phoenixes into a golden cage and placed them on the raft’s bow.
She returned everyone’s ears grow but…
“Hey, those are my ears!” Eric complained, pointing at the Medjay.
“Oops! Sorry!” Elise grinned at her mistake. She corrected the ears of Eric and Mazoi that were exchanged.
Diana laughed at Eric. “You should have seen yourself in the mirror. You looked so funny with Mazoi’s big ears!”
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