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The goals are at each end of the rainbow, and the keepers only are allowed to use their hands. Sometimes hundreds of mermaids will be playing in the lagoon at a time, and it is quite a pretty sight. THE GOALS ARE AT EACH END OF THE RAINBOW AND THE KEEPERS ONLY ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEIR HANDS SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF MERMAIDS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE LAGOON AT A TIME AND IT IS QUITE A PRETTY SIGHT
ls, not by accident, but intentionally. [Illustration: SUMMER DAYS ON THE LAGOON] They treated all the boys in the same way, except of course Peter, who chatted with them on Marooners' Rock by the hour, and sat on their tails when they got cheeky. He gave Wendy one of their combs. The most haunting time at which to see them is at the turn of the moon, when they utter strange wailing cries; but the lagoon is dangerous for mortals then, and until the evening of which we have now to tell, Wendy had never seen the lagoon by moonlight, less from fear, for of course Peter would have accompanied her, than because she had strict rules about every one being in bed by seven. She was often at the lagoon, however, on sunny days after rain, when the mermaids come up in extraordinary numbers to play with their bubbles. The bubbles of many colours made in rainbow water they treat as balls, hitting them gaily from one to another with their tails, and trying to keep them in the rainbow till they burst.  THEN THEY SAW HER AND DIVED PROBABLY SPLASHING HER WITH THEIR TAILS NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT INTENTIONALLY THEY TREATED ALL THE BOYS IN THE SAME WAY EXCEPT OF COURSE PETER WHO CHATTED WITH THEM ON MAROONERS ROCK BY THE HOUR AND SAT ON THEIR TAILS WHEN THEY GOT CHEEKY HE GAVE WENDY ONE OF THEIR COMBS THE MOST HAUNTING TIME AT WHICH TO SEE THEM IS AT THE TURN OF THE MOON WHEN THEY UTTER STRANGE WAILING CRIES BUT THE LAGOON IS DANGEROUS FOR MORTALS THEN AND UNTIL THE EVENING OF WHICH WE HAVE NOW TO TELL WENDY HAD NEVER SEEN THE LAGOON BY MOONLIGHT LESS FROM FEAR FOR OF COURSE PETER WOULD HAVE ACCOMPANIED HER THAN BECAUSE SHE HAD STRICT RULES ABOUT EVERY ONE BEING IN BED BY SEVEN SHE WAS OFTEN AT THE LAGOON HOWEVER ON SUNNY DAYS AFTER RAIN WHEN THE MERMAIDS COME UP IN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBERS TO PLAY WITH THEIR BUBBLES THE BUBBLES OF MANY COLOURS MADE IN RAINBOW WATER THEY TREAT AS BULLS HITTING THEM GAILY FROM ONE TO ANOTHER WITH THEIR TAILS AND TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN THE RAINBOW TILL THEY BURST
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