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The Happy Home

           ’Fatherknowsbest,’shealwayssaid,whateverherprivateopinionmustbe.Herprivateopinionwasthattheredskinsshouldnotcallherasquaw.

           WehavenowreachedtheeveningthatwastobeknownamongthemastheNightofNights,becauseofitsadventuresandtheirupshot.Theday,asifquietlygatheringitsforces,hadbeenalmostuneventful,andnowtheredskinsintheirblanketswereattheirpostsabove,while,below,thechildrenwerehavingtheireveningmeal;allexceptPeter,whohadgoneouttogetthetime.Thewayyougotthetimeontheislandwastofindthecrocodile,andthenstaynearhimtilltheclockstruck.

           Thismealhappenedtobeamake-believetea,andtheysatroundtheboard,guzzlingintheirgreed;andreally,whatwiththeirchatterandrecriminations,thenoise,asWendysaid,waspositivelydeafening.Tobesure,shedidnotmindnoise,butshesimplywouldnothavethemgrabbingthings,andthenexcusingthemselvesbysayingthatTootleshadpushedtheirelbow.Therewasafixedrulethattheymustneverhitbackatmeals,butshouldreferthematterofdisputetoWendybyraisingtherightarmpolitelyandsaying,’Icomplainofso-and-so’;butwhatusuallyhappenedwasthattheyforgottodothisordidittoomuch.

           ’Silence,’criedWendywhenforthetwentiethtimeshehadtoldthemthattheywerenotalltospeakatonce.’Isyourcalabashempty,Slightlydarling?’

           ’Notquiteempty,mummy,’Slightlysaid,afterlookingintoanimaginarymug.

           ’Hehasn’tevenbeguntodrinkhismilk,’Nibsinterposed.

           Thiswastelling,andSlightlyseizedhischance.

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