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           Atfirst,hisboatturnedroundandround,andhewasdrivenbacktotheplaceofhisstarting,whereuponheshortenedsail,byremovingoneofthesleeves,andwasforthwithcarriedbackwardsbyacontrarybreeze,tohisnosmallperil.Henowletgothesail,withtheresultthathewasdriftedtowardsthefarshore,whereareblackshadowsheknewnotthedangersof,butsuspectedthem,andsooncemorehoistedhisnightgownandwentroomeroftheshadowsuntilhecaughtafavouringwind,whichborehimwestward,butatsogreataspeedthathewasliketobebrokeagainstthebridge.Which,havingavoided,hepassedunderthebridgeandcame,tohisgreatrejoicing,withinfullsightofthedelectableGardens.Buthavingtriedtocastanchor,whichwasastoneattheendofapieceofthekite-string,hefoundnobottom,andwasfaintoholdoff,seekingformoorage;and,feelinghisway,hebuffetedagainstasunkenreefthatcasthimoverboardbythegreatnessoftheshock,andhewasneartobeingdrowned,butclamberedbackintothevessel.Therenowaroseamightystorm,accompaniedbyroaringofwaters,suchashehadneverheardthelike,andhewastossedthiswayandthat,andhishandssonumbedwiththecoldthathecouldnotclosethem.Havingescapedthedangerofwhich,hewasmercifullycarriedintoasmallbay,wherehisboatrodeatpeace.

           Nevertheless,hewasnotyetinsafety;for,onpretendingtodisembark,hefoundamultitudeofsmallpeopledrawnupontheshoretocontesthislanding,andshoutingshrillytohimtobeoff,foritwaslongpastLock-outTime.This,withmuchbrandishingoftheirholly-leaves,andalsoacompanyofthemcarriedanarrowwhichsomeboyhadleftintheGardens,andthistheywerepreparedtouseasabattering-ram.

           ThenPeter,whoknewthemforthefairies,calledoutthathewasnotanordinaryhumanandhadnodesiretodothemdispleasure,buttobetheirfriend;