The Island Come True

           FeelingthatPeterwasonhiswayback,theNeverlandhadagainwokeintolife.Weoughttousethepluperfectandsaywakened,butwokeisbetterandwasalwaysusedbyPeter.

           Inhisabsencethingsareusuallyquietontheisland.Thefairiestakeanhourlongerinthemorning,thebeastsattendtotheiryoung,theredskinsfeedheavilyforsixdaysandnights,andwhenpiratesandlostboysmeettheymerelybitetheirthumbsateachother.ButwiththecomingofPeter,whohateslethargy,theyareallunderwayagain:ifyouputyoureartothegroundnow,youwouldhearthewholeislandseethingwithlife.

           Onthiseveningthechiefforcesoftheislandweredisposedasfollows.ThelostboyswereoutlookingforPeter,thepirateswereoutlookingforthelostboys,theredskinswereoutlookingforthepirates,andthebeastswereoutlookingfortheredskins.Theyweregoingroundandroundtheisland,buttheydidnotmeetbecauseallweregoingatthesamerate.

           Allwantedbloodexcepttheboys,wholikeditasarule,butto-nightwereouttogreettheircaptain.Theboysontheislandvary,ofcourse,innumbers,accordingastheygetkilledandsoon;andwhentheyseemtobegrowingup,whichisagainsttherules,Peterthinsthemout;butatthistimethereweresixofthem,countingthetwinsastwo.Letuspretendtoliehereamongthesugar-caneandwatchthemastheystealbyinsinglefile,eachwithhishandonhisdagger.

           TheyareforbiddenbyPetertolookintheleastlikehim,andtheyweartheskinsofbearsslainbythemselves,inwhichtheyaresoroundandfurrythatwhentheyfalltheyroll.