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'If the redskins have won,' he said, 'they will beat the tom tom; it is always their sign of victory.' Now Smee had found the tom tom, and was at that moment sitting on it. 'You will never hear the tom tom again,' he muttered, but inaudibly of course, for strict silence had been enjoined. IF THE REDSKINS HAVE WON HE SAID THEY WILL BEAT THE TOM TOM IT IS ALWAYS THEIR SIGN OF VICTORY NOW SMEE HAD FOUND THE TOM TOM AND WAS AT THAT MOMENT SITTING ON IT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THE TOM TOM AGAIN HE MUTTERED BUT INAUDIBLY OF COURSE FOR STRICT SILENCE HAD BEEN ENJOINED
; it made his iron claw twitch, and at night it disturbed him like an insect. While Peter lived, the tortured man felt that he was a lion in a cage into which a sparrow had come. The question now was how to get down the trees, or how to get his dogs down? He ran his greedy eyes over them, searching for the thinnest ones. They wriggled uncomfortably, for they knew he would not scruple to ram them down with poles. In the meantime, what of the boys? We have seen them at the first clang of weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides. The pandemonium above has ceased almost as suddenly as it arose, passed like a fierce gust of wind; but they know that in the passing it has determined their fate. Which side had won? The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer. L IT WAS PETER'S COCKINESS THIS HAS GOT ON HOOK'S NERVES IT MADE HIS IRON CLAW TWITCH AND AT NIGHT IT DISTURBED HIM LIKE AN INSECT WHILE PETER LIVED THE TORTURED MAN FELT THAT HE WAS A LION IN A CAGE INTO WHICH A SPARROW HAD COME THE QUESTION WAS NOW HOW TO GET DOWN THE TREES OR HOW TO GET HIS DOGS DOWN HE RAN HIS GREEDY EYES OVER THEM SEARCHING FOR THE THINNEST ONES FOR THEY KNEW HE WOULD NOT SCRUPLE TO RAN THEM DOWN WITH POLES IN THE MEANTIME WHAT OF THE BOYS WE HAVE SEEN THEM AT THE FIRST CLANG OF WEAPONS TURNED AS IF IT WERE INTO STONE FIGURES OPEN MOUTHED ALL APPEALING WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS TO PETER AND WE RETURN TO THEM AS THEIR MOUTHS CLOSE AND THEIR ARMS FELL TO THEIR SIDES THE PANDEMONIUM ABOVE HAD CEASED ALMOST AS SUDDENLY AS IT AROSE PASSED LIKE A FIERCE GUST OF WIND BUT THEY KNOW THAT IN THE PASSING IT HAD DETERMINED THEIR FATE WHICH SIDE HAD WON THE PIRATES LISTEN AFFIDLY AT THE MOUTH OF THE TREES HEARD THE QUESTION PUT BY EVERY BOY AND ALAS THEY ALSO HEARD PETER'S ANSWER
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