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Do You Believe In Fairies?

           AgainHook’sgeniussurmounteddifficulties.Heindicatedthatthelittlehousemustbeusedasaconveyance.Thechildrenwereflungintoit,fourstoutpiratesraiseditontheirshoulders,theothersfellinbehind,andsingingthehatefulpiratechorusthestrangeprocessionsetoffthroughthewood.Idon’tknowwhetheranyofthechildrenwerecrying;ifso,thesingingdrownedthesound;butasthelittlehousedisappearedintheforest,abravethoughtinyjetofsmokeissuedfromitschimneyasifdefyingHook.

           Hooksawit,anditdidPeterabadservice.Itdriedupanytrickleofpityforhimthatmayhaveremainedinthepirate’sinfuriatedbreast.

           ThefirstthinghedidonfindinghimselfaloneinthefastfallingnightwastotiptoetoSlightly’stree,andmakesurethatitprovidedhimwithapassage.Thenforlongheremainedbrooding;hishatofillomenonthesward,sothatagentlebreezewhichhadarisenmightplayrefreshinglythroughhishair.Darkaswerehisthoughtshisblueeyeswereassoftastheperiwinkle.Intentlyhelistenedforanysoundfromthenetherworld,butallwasassilentbelowasabove;thehouseunderthegroundseemedtobebutonemoreemptytenementinthevoid.Wasthatboyasleep,ordidhestandwaitingatthefootofSlightly’stree,withhisdaggerinhishand?

           Therewasnowayofknowing,savebygoingdown.Hooklethiscloakslipsoftlytotheground,andthenbitinghislipstillalewdbloodstoodonthem,hesteppedintothetree.Hewasabraveman;butforamomenthehadtostopthereandwipehisbrow,whichwasdrippinglikeacandle.

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