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'Pirates!' he cried. The others came closer to him. A strange smile was playing about his face, and Wendy saw it and shuddered. PIRATES HE CRIED THE OTHERS CAME CLOSER TO HIM A STRANGE SMILE WAS PLAYING ABOUT HIS FACE AND WENDY SAW IT AND SHUDDERED
o called because evil captains put sailors on it and leave them there to drown. They drown when the tide rises, for then it is submerged. Of course she should have roused the children at once; not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them, but because it was no longer good for them to sleep on a rock grown chilly. But she was a young mother and she did not know this; she thought you simply must stick to your rule about half an hour after the midday meal. So, though fear was upon her, and she longed to hear male voices, she would not waken them. Even when she heard the sound of muffled oars, though her heart was in her mouth, she did not waken them. She stood over them to let them have their sleep out. Was it not brave of Wendy? It was well for those boys then that there was one among them who could sniff danger even in his sleep. Peter sprang erect, as wide awake at once as a dog, and with one warning cry he roused the others. He stood motionless, one hand to his ear. OLD OF MAROONA'S ROCK SO CALLED BECAUSE EVIL CAPTAINS PUT SAILORS ON IT AND LEAVE THEM THERE TO DROWN THEY DROWN WHEN THE TIDE RISES FOR THEN IT IS SUBMERGED OF COURSE SHE SHOULD HAVE ROUSED THE CHILDREN AT ONCE NOT MERELY BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN THAT WAS STALKING TOWARD THEM BUT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER GOOD FOR THEM TO SLEEP ON A ROCK GROWN CHILLY BUT SHE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER AND SHE DID NOT KNOW THIS SHE THOUGHT YOU SIMPLY MUST STICK TO YOUR ROOM ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AFTER THE MIDDAY MEAL SO THOUGH FEAR WAS UPON HER AND SHE LONGED TO HEAR MALE VOICES SHE WOULD NOT WAKEN THEM EVEN WHEN SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF MUFFLED WARS THOUGH HER HEART WAS IN HER MOUTH SHE DID NOT WAKEN THEM SHE STOOD OVER THEM TO LET THEM HAVE THEIR SLEEP OUT WAS IT NOT BRAVE OF WENDY IT WAS WELL FOR THOSE BOYS THEN THAT THERE WAS ONE AMONG THEM WHO WOULD SNIFF DANGER EVEN IN HIS SLEEP PETER SPRANG ERECT AS WIDE AWAKE AT ONCE AS A DOG AND WITH ONE WARNING CRY HE ROUSED THE OTHERS HE STOOD MOTIONLESS ONE HAND TO HIS EAR
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