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Thewayitwasdonewasthis.TheQueenorderedhimtokneel,andthensaidthatforplayingsobeautifullyshewouldgivehimthewishofhisheart.ThentheyallgatheredroundPetertohearwhatwasthewishofhisheart,butforalongtimehehesitated,notbeingcertainwhatitwashimself.
’IfIchosetogobacktomother,’heaskedatlast,’couldyougivemethatwish?’
Nowthisquestionvexedthem,forwerehetoreturntohismothertheyshouldlosehismusic,sotheQueentiltedhernosecontemptuouslyandsaid,’Pooh!askforamuchbiggerwishthanthat.’
’Isthatquitealittlewish?’heinquired.
’Aslittleasthis,’theQueenanswered,puttingherhandsneareachother.
’Whatsizeisabigwish?’heasked.
Shemeasureditoffonherskirtanditwasaveryhandsomelength.
ThenPeterreflectedandsaid,’Well,then,IthinkIshallhavetwolittlewishesinsteadofonebigone.’
Ofcourse,thefairieshadtoagree,thoughhisclevernessrathershockedthem,andhesaidthathisfirstwishwastogotohismother,butwiththerighttoreturntotheGardensifhefoundherdisappointing.Hissecondwishhewouldholdinreserve.
Theytriedtodissuadehim,andevenputobstaclesintheway.
’Icangiveyouthepowertoflytoherhouse,’theQueensaid,’butIcan’topenthedoorforyou.’
