Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE · page 31 2 3201“And we are your children,” cried the twins.202Then all went on their knees, and holding out their arms cried, “O Wendy lady, be our mother.”203“Ought I?”204Wendy said, all shining.205“Of course it’s frightfully fascinating, but you see I am only a little girl.206I have no real experience.”207“That doesn’t matter,” said Peter, as if he were the only person present who knew all about it, though he was really the one who knew least.208“What we need is just a nice motherly person.”209“Oh dear!”210Wendy said, “you see, I feel that is exactly what I am.”211“It is, it is,” they all cried; “we saw it at once.”212“Very well,” she said, “I will do my best.213Come inside at once, you naughty children; I am sure your feet are damp.214And before I put you to bed I have just time to finish the story of Cinderella.”215In they went; I don’t know how there was room for them, but you can squeeze very tight in the Neverland.216And that was the first of the many joyous evenings they had with Wendy.217By and by she tucked them up in the great bed in the home under the trees, but she herself slept that night in the little house, and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword, for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl.218The little house looked so cosy and safe in the darkness, with a bright light showing through its blinds, and the chimney smoking beautifully, and Peter standing on guard.219After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy.220Any of the other boys obstructing the fairy path at night they would have mischiefed, but they just tweaked Peter’s nose and passed on.1 2 3← previousChapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUEnext →Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND↑ back to Peter PanThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/page/3/