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That is a pretty story, and the end shows how grateful a bird can be; but if we tell it we must also tell the whole adventure of the lagoon, which would of course be telling two adventures rather than just one. THAT IS A PRETTY STORY AND THE END SHOWS HOW GRATEFUL A BIRD CAN BE BUT IF WE TELL IT WE MUST ALSO TELL THE WHOLE ADVENTURE OF THE LAGOON WHICH WOULD OF COURSE BE TELLING TWO ADVENTURES RATHER THAN JUST ONE
ordinary upshot of this adventure was--but we have not decided yet that this is the adventure we are to narrate. Perhaps a better one would be the night attack by the redskins on the house under the ground, when several of them stuck in the hollow trees and had to be pulled out like corks. Or we might tell how Peter saved Tiger Lily's life in the Mermaids' Lagoon, and so made her his ally. Or we could tell of that cake the pirates cooked so that the boys might eat it and perish; and how they placed it in one cunning spot after another; but always Wendy snatched it from the hands of her children, so that in time it lost its succulence, and became as hard as a stone, and was used as a missile, and Hook fell over it in the dark. Or suppose we tell of the birds that were Peter's friends, particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs, and Peter gave orders that she was not to be disturbed. VER THE EXTRAORDINARY UPSHOT OF THIS ADVENTURE WAS BUT WE HAVE NOT DECIDED YET THAT THIS IS THE ADVENTURE WE ARE TO NARRATE PERHAPS A BETTER ONE WOULD BE THE NIGHT ATTACK BY THE REDSKINS FROM THE HOUSE UNDER THE GROUND WHEN SEVERAL OF THEM STUCK IN THE HOLLOW TREES AND HAD TO BE PULLED OUT LIKE CORKS OR WE MIGHT TELL HOW PETER SAVED TIGER LILY'S LIFE IN THE MERMAID'S LAGOON AND SO MADE HER HIS ALLY ALL WE COULD TELL OF THAT CAKE THE PIRATES COOKED SO THAT THE BOYS MIGHT EAT IT AND PERISH AND HOW THEY PLACED IT IN ONE CUNNING SPOT AFTER ANOTHER BUT ALWAYS WENDY SNATCHED IT FROM THE HANDS OF HER CHILDREN SO THAT IN TIME IT LOST ITS OCCULENCE AND BECAME AS HARD AS A STONE AND WAS USED AS A MISSILE AND HOOK FELL OVER IT IN THE DARK OR SUPPOSE WE TELL OF THE BIRDS THAT WERE PETER'S FRIENDS PARTICULARLY OF THE NETHERBIRD THAT BUILT IN A TREE OVERHANGING THE LAGOON AND HOW THE NEST FELL INTO THE WATER AND STILL THE BIRDS SAT ON THEIR EGGS AND PETER GAVE ORDERS THAT SHE WAS NOT TO BE DISTURBED
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