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The Home Under The Ground
Make-believewassorealtohimthatduringamealofityoucouldseehimgettingrounder.Ofcourseitwastrying,butyousimplyhadtofollowhislead,andifyoucouldprovetohimthatyouweregettinglooseforyourtreeheletyoustodge.
Wendy’sfavouritetimeforsewinganddarningwasaftertheyhadallgonetobed.Then,assheexpressedit,shehadabreathingtimeforherself;andsheoccupieditinmakingnewthingsforthem,andputtingdoublepiecesontheknees,fortheywereallmostfrightfullyhardontheirknees.
Whenshesatdowntoabasketfuloftheirstockings,everyheelwithaholeinit,shewouldflingupherarmsandexclaim,’Ohdear,IamsureIsometimesthinkspinstersaretobeenvied.’
Herfacebeamedwhensheexclaimedthis.
Yourememberaboutherpetwolf.Well,itverysoondiscoveredthatshehadcometotheislandanditfoundherout,andtheyjustranintoeachother’sarms.Afterthatitfollowedherabouteverywhere.
Astimeworeondidshethinkmuchaboutthebelovedparentsshehadleftbehindher?Thisisadifficultquestion,becauseitisquiteimpossibletosayhowtimedoeswearonintheNeverland,whereitiscalculatedbymoonsandsuns,andthereareeversomanymoreofthemthanonthemainland.ButIamafraidthatWendydidnotreallyworryaboutherfatherandmother;shewasabsolutelyconfidentthattheywouldalwayskeepthewindowopenforhertoflybackby,andthisgavehercompleteeaseofmind.
