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"╨┼╘┼╥ ╨┴╬" ["╨ETER ╨AN ┴ND ╫ENDY"] (1911) ┬Y: ╙IR ╩AMES ═ATTHEW ┬ARRIE ╙COTTISH NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT (B.09-═AY-1860, D.19-╩UN-1937) ┴ ═ILLENNIUM ╞ULCRUM ┼DITION ├OPYRIGHTED (├) 1991 BY ─UNCAN ╥ESEARCH, ╔NC. ─ISTRIBUTION ╠IMITED TO THE ╒NITED ╙TATES OF ┴MERICA. ╬╧╘┼: ╘HIS EDITION OF "╨ETER ╨AN" HAS BEEN CREATED IN THE ╒NITED ╙TATES OF ┴MERICA FROM A COMPARISON OF VARIOUS EDITIONS DETERMINED BY AGE TO BE IN THE ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN IN THE ╒NITED ╙TATES. ╘HERE ARE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COPYRIGHT STATUS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY IN CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ┬RITISH ├OMMONWEALTH. ┴NYONE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION AS TO THE COPYRIGHTS STATUS OF EARLIEST EDITIONS IS ENCOURAGED TO DO SO. ╞OR THE PRESENT, THIS EDITION OF "╨ETER ╨AN" IS RESTRICTED TO THE ╒NITED ╙TATES, AND IS NOT FOR USE OR TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY STORAGE OR RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE ╒NITED ╙TATES OF ┴MERICA. ╘O ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF THIS EDITION IN PROPER USAGE, THIS EDITION IS CLAIMED AS ├OPYRIGHTED (├) 1991 BY ─UNCAN ╥ESEARCH, ╔NC., OWING TO THE COMBINATION OF SEVERAL SOURCES, OUR OWN RESEARCH, AND THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT. ─╔╙├╠┴╔═┼╥: ┴LL PERSONS CONCERNED DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL REPONSBILITY THAT THIS ┼-╘EXT IS PERFECTLY ACCURATE. ╬O PRETENSES IN ANY MANNER IS MADE THAT THIS TEXT SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS AN AUTHORITATIVE EDITION IN ANY RESPECT. --------------- [ ╒╨╠╧┴─┼╥'╙ ╬╧╘┼╙: ╘HIS IS HARDLY THE CLEAREST LEGALESE ╔'VE EVER SEEN, BUT FROM A CAREFUL READING IT CAN BE GLEANED THAT (1) THE CLAIMED COPYRIGHT EXISTS ╧╬╠┘ TO REGULATE ╞╧╥┼╔╟╬ DISTRIBUTION, AND (2) THAT THIS TEXT IS IN THE ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN HERE IN THE ╒NITED ╙TATES OF ┴MERICA. ╔T IS AT ANY RATE UPON THIS BASIS THAT ╔ CLAIM AUTHORITY TO UPLOAD THIS ┼-╘EXT. ╞RANKLY, THE CLAIM TO COPYRIGHT IS LIKELY TO BE USELESS. ╙INCE THE TEXT IS INDEED ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN HERE, THE ADDITION OF SMALL SCATTERED SNIPPETS OF NEW INFORMATION CANNOT CREATE COPYRIGHT IN WHAT IS PREDOMINENTLY A ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN TEXT; WHEREAS OVERSEAS, WHERE THE TEXT MAY ╬╧╘ BE ╨UBLIC ─OMAIN, COPYRIGHT CAN BE ENFORCED UPON THE TEXT ITSELF, WITHOUT ANY REGARD FOR THE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL! ] --------------- ╘ABLE OF ├ONTENTS ----------------- ├HAPTER 01 -- ╨┼╘┼╥ ┬╥┼┴╦╙ ╘╚╥╧╒╟╚ ├HAPTER 02 -- ╘╚┼ ╙╚┴─╧╫ ├HAPTER 03 -- ├╧═┼ ┴╫┴┘, ├╧═┼ ┴╫┴┘! ├HAPTER 04 -- ╘╚┼ ╞╠╔╟╚╘ ├HAPTER 05 -- ╘╚┼ ╔╙╠┴╬─ ├╧═┼ ╘╥╒┼ ├HAPTER 06 -- ╘╚┼ ╠╔╘╘╠┼ ╚╧╒╙┼ ├HAPTER 07 -- ╘╚┼ ╚╧═┼ ╒╬─┼╥ ╘╚┼ ╟╥╧╒╬─ ├HAPTER 08 -- ╘╚┼ ═┼╥═┴╔─'╙ ╠┴╟╧╧╬ ├HAPTER 09 -- ╘╚┼ ╬┼╓┼╥ ┬╔╥─ ├HAPTER 10 -- ╘╚┼ ╚┴╨╨┘ ╚╧═┼ ├HAPTER 11 -- ╫┼╬─┘'╙ ╙╘╧╥ ├HAPTER 12 -- ╘╚┼ ├╚╔╠─╥┼╬ ┴╥┼ ├┴╥╥╔┼─ ╧╞╞ ├HAPTER 13 -- ─╧ ┘╧╒ ┬┼╠╔┼╓┼ ╔╬ ╞┴╥╔┼╙? ├HAPTER 14 -- ╘╚┼ ╨╔╥┴╘┼ ╙╚╔╨ ├HAPTER 15 -- "╚╧╧╦ ╧╥ ═┼ ╘╚╔╙ ╘╔═┼" ├HAPTER 16 -- ╘╚┼ ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ╚╧═┼ ├HAPTER 17 -- ╫╚┼╬ ╫┼╬─┘ ╟╥┼╫ ╒╨ ├HAPTER 01 ╨┼╘┼╥ ┬╥┼┴╦╙ ╘╚╥╧╒╟╚ ┴-001: ┴LL CHILDREN, EXCEPT ONE, GROW UP. ╘HEY SOON KNOW THAT THEY ┴-002: WILL GROW UP, AND THE WAY ╫ENDY KNEW WAS THIS. ╧NE DAY WHEN SHE ┴-003: WAS TWO YEARS OLD SHE WAS PLAYING IN A GARDEN, AND SHE PLUCKED ┴-004: ANOTHER FLOWER AND RAN WITH IT TO HER MOTHER. ╔ SUPPOSE SHE MUST ┴-005: HAVE LOOKED RATHER DELIGHTFUL, FOR ═RS. ─ARLING PUT HER HAND TO ┴-006: HER HEART AND CRIED, "╧H, WHY CAN'T YOU REMAIN LIKE THIS FOR ┴-007: EVER!" ╘HIS WAS ALL THAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM ON THE SUBJECT, BUT ┴-008: HENCEFORTH ╫ENDY KNEW THAT SHE MUST GROW UP. ┘OU ALWAYS KNOW ┴-009: AFTER YOU ARE TWO. ╘WO IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. ┴-010: ╧F COURSE THEY LIVED AT 14 [THEIR HOUSE NUMBER], AND UNTIL ┴-011: ╫ENDY CAME HER MOTHER WAS THE CHIEF ONE. ╙HE WAS A LOVELY LADY, ┴-012: WITH A ROMANTIC MIND AND SUCH A SWEET MOCKING MOUTH. ╚ER ROMANTIC ┴-013: MIND WAS LIKE THE TINY BOXES, ONE WITHIN THE OTHER, THAT COME ┴-014: FROM THE PUZZLING ┼AST, HOWEVER MANY YOU DISCOVER THERE IS ALWAYS ┴-015: ONE MORE; AND HER SWEET MOCKING MOUTH HAD ONE KISS ON IT THAT ┴-016: ╫ENDY COULD NEVER GET, THOUGH THERE IS WAS, PERFECTLY CONSPICUOUS ┴-017: IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER. ┴-018: ╘HE WAY ═R. ─ARLING WON HER WAS THIS: THE MANY GENTLEMEN WHO ┴-019: HAD BEEN BOYS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL DISCOVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT ┴-020: THEY LOVED HER, AND THEY ALL RAN TO HER HOUSE TO PROPOSE TO HER ┴-021: EXCEPT ═R. ─ARLING, WHO TOOK A CAB AND NIPPED IN FIRST, AND SO HE ┴-022: GOT HER. ╚E GOT ALL OF HER, EXCEPT THE INNERMOST BOX AND THE ┴-023: KISS. ╚E NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE BOX, AND IN TIME HE GAVE UP TRYING ┴-024: FOR THE KISS. ╫ENDY THOUGHT ╬APOLEON COULD HAVE GOT IT, BUT ╔ ┴-025: CAN PICTURE HIM TRYING, AND THEN GOING OFF IN A PASSION, SLAMMING ┴-026: THE DOOR. ┴-027: ═R. ─ARLING USED TO BOAST TO ╫ENDY THAT HER MOTHER NOT ONLY ┴-028: LOVED HIM BUT RESPECTED HIM. ╚E WAS ONE OF THOSE DEEP ONES WHO ┴-029: KNOW ABOUT STOCKS AND SHARES. ╧F COURSE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS, ┴-030: BUT HE QUITE SEEMED TO KNOW, AND HE OFTEN SAID STOCKS WERE UP AND ┴-031: SHARES WERE DOWN IN A WAY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ANY WOMAN RESPECT ┴-032: HIM. ┴-033: ═RS. ─ARLING WAS MARRIED IN WHITE, AND AT FIRST SHE KEPT THE ┴-034: BOOKS PERFECTLY, ALMOST GLEEFULLY, AS IF IT WERE A GAME, NOT SO ┴-035: MUCH AS A ┬RUSSELS SPROUT WAS MISSING; BUT BY AND BY WHOLE ┴-036: CAULIFLOWERS DROPPED OUT, AND INSTEAD OF THEM THERE WERE PICTURES ┴-037: OF BABIES WITHOUT FACES. ╙HE DREW THEM WHEN SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ┴-038: TOTTING UP. ╘HEY WERE ═RS. ─ARLING'S GUESSES. ┴-039: ╫ENDY CAME FIRST, THEN ╩OHN, THEN ═ICHAEL. ┴-040: ╞OR A WEEK OR TWO AFTER ╫ENDY CAME IT WAS DOUBTFUL WHETHER ┴-041: THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP HER, AS SHE WAS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED. ┴-042: ═R. ─ARLING WAS FRIGHTFULLY PROUD OF HER, BUT HE WAS VERY ┴-043: HONOURABLE, AND HE SAT ON THE EDGE OF ═RS. ─ARLING'S BED, HOLDING ┴-044: HER HAND AND CALCULATING EXPENSES, WHILE SHE LOOKED AT HIM ┴-045: IMPLORINGLY. ╙HE WANTED TO RISK IT, COME WHAT MIGHT, BUT THAT WAS ┴-046: NOT HIS WAY; HIS WAY WAS WITH A PENCIL AND A PIECE OF PAPER, AND ┴-047: IF SHE CONFUSED HIM WITH SUGGESTIONS HE HAD TO BEGIN AT THE ┴-048: BEGINNING AGAIN. ┴-049: "╬OW DON'T INTERRUPT,' HE WOULD BEG OF HER. ┴-050: "╔ HAVE ONE POUND SEVENTEEN HERE, AND TWO AND SIX AT THE ┴-051: OFFICE; ╔ CAN CUT OFF MY COFFEE AT THE OFFICE, SAY TEN SHILLINGS, ┴-052: MAKING TWO NINE AND SIX, WITH YOUR EIGHTEEN AND THREE MAKES THREE ┴-053: NINE SEVEN, WITH FIVE NAUGHT NAUGHT IN MY CHEQUE-BOOK MAKES EIGHT ┴-054: NINE SEVEN -- WHO IS THAT MOVING? -- EIGHT NINE SEVEN, DOT AND ┴-055: CARRY SEVEN -- DON'T SPEAK, MY OWN -- AND THE POUND YOU LENT TO ┴-056: THAT MAN WHO CAME TO THE DOOR -- QUIET, CHILD -- DOT AND CARRY ┴-057: CHILD -- THERE, YOU'VE DONE IT! -- DID ╔ SAY NINE NINE SEVEN? ┴-058: ┘ES, ╔ SAID NINE NINE SEVEN; THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE TRY IT FOR A ┴-059: YEAR ON NINE NINE SEVEN?" ┴-060: "╧F COURSE WE CAN, ╟EORGE," SHE CRIED. ┬UT SHE WAS PREJUDICED ┴-061: IN ╫ENDY'S FAVOUR, AND HE WAS REALLY THE GRANDER CHARACTER OF THE ┴-062: TWO. ┴-063: "╥EMEMBER MUMPS," HE WARNED HER ALMOST THREATENINGLY, AND OFF ┴-064: HE WENT AGAIN. "═UMPS ONE POUND, THAT IS WHAT ╔ HAVE PUT DOWN, ┴-065: BUT ╔ DARESAY IT WILL BE MORE LIKE THIRTY SHILLINGS -- DON'T ┴-066: SPEAK -- MEASLES ONE FIVE, ╟ERMAN MEASLES HALF A GUINEA, MAKES ┴-067: TWO FIFTEEN SIX -- DON'T WAGGLE YOUR FINGER -- WHOOPING-COUGH, ┴-068: SAY FIFTEEN SHILLINGS" -- AND SO ON IT WENT, AND IT ADDED UP ┴-069: DIFFERENTLY EACH TIME; BUT AT LAST ╫ENDY JUST GOT THROUGH, ┴-070: WITH MUMPS REDUCED TO TWELVE SIX, AND THE TWO KINDS OF MEASLES ┴-071: TREATED AS ONE. ┴-072: ╘HERE WAS THE SAME EXCITEMENT OVER ╩OHN, AND ═ICHAEL HAD EVEN ┴-073: A NARROWER SQUEAK; BUT BOTH WERE KEPT, AND SOON, YOU MIGHT HAVE ┴-074: SEEN THE THREE OF THEM GOING IN A ROW TO ═ISS ╞ULSOM'S ┴-075: ╦INDERGARTEN SCHOOL, ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR NURSE. ┴-076: ═RS. ─ARLING LOVED TO HAVE EVERYTHING JUST SO, AND ═R. ┴-077: ─ARLING HAD A PASSION FOR BEING EXACTLY LIKE HIS NEIGHBOURS; SO, ┴-078: OF COURSE, THEY HAD A NURSE. ┴S THEY WERE POOR, OWING TO THE ┴-079: AMOUNT OF MILK THE CHILDREN DRANK, THIS NURSE WAS A PRIM ┴-080: ╬EWFOUNDLAND DOG, CALLED ╬ANA, WHO HAD BELONGED TO NO ONE IN ┴-081: PARTICULAR UNTIL THE ─ARLINGS ENGAGED HER. ╙HE HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT ┴-082: CHILDREN IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, AND THE ─ARLINGS HAD BECOME ┴-083: ACQUAINTED WITH HER IN ╦ENSINGTON ╟ARDENS, WHERE SHE SPENT MOST ┴-084: OF HER SPARE TIME PEEPING INTO PERAMBULATORS, AND WAS MUCH HATED ┴-085: BY CARELESS NURSEMAIDS, WHOM SHE FOLLOWED TO THEIR HOMES AND ┴-086: COMPLAINED OF TO THEIR MISTRESSES. ╙HE PROVED TO BE QUITE A ┴-087: TREASURE OF A NURSE. ╚OW THOROUGH SHE WAS AT BATH-TIME, AND UP AT ┴-088: ANY MOMENT OF THE NIGHT IF ONE OF HER CHARGES MADE THE SLIGHTEST ┴-089: CRY. ╧F COURSE HER KENNEL WAS IN THE NURSERY. ╙HE HAD A GENIUS ┴-090: FOR KNOWING WHEN A COUGH IS A THING TO HAVE NO PATIENCE WITH AND ┴-091: WHEN IT NEEDS STOCKING AROUND YOUR THROAT. ╙HE BELIEVED TO HER ┴-092: LAST DAY IN OLD-FASHIONED REMEDIES LIKE RHUBARB LEAF, AND MADE ┴-093: SOUNDS OF CONTEMPT OVER ALL THIS NEW-FANGLED TALK ABOUT GERMS, ┴-094: AND SO ON. ╔T WAS A LESSON IN PROPRIETY TO SEE HER ESCORTING THE ┴-095: CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, WALKING SEDATELY BY THEIR SIDE WHEN THEY WERE ┴-096: WELL BEHAVED, AND BUTTING THEM BACK INTO LINE IF THEY STRAYED. ╧N ┴-097: ╩OHN'S FOOTER [IN ┼NGLAND SOCCER IS CALLED FOOTBALL, "FOOTER FOR ┴-098: SHORT] DAYS SHE NEVER ONCE FORGOT HIS SWEATER, AND SHE USUALLY ┴-099: CARRIED AN UMBRELLA IN HER MOUTH IN CASE OF RAIN. ╘HERE IS A ROOM ┴-100: IN THE BASEMENT OF ═ISS ╞ULSOM'S SCHOOL WHERE THE NURSES WAIT. ┴-101: ╘HEY SAT ON FORMS, WHILE ╬ANA LAY ON THE FLOOR, BUT THAT WAS THE ┴-102: ONLY DIFFERENCE. ╘HEY AFFECTED TO IGNORE HER AS OF AN INFERIOR ┴-103: SOCIAL STATUS TO THEMSELVES, AND SHE DESPISED THEIR LIGHT TALK. ┴-104: ╙HE RESENTED VISITS TO THE NURSERY FROM ═RS. ─ARLING'S FRIENDS, ┴-105: BUT IF THEY DID COME SHE FIRST WHIPPED OFF ═ICHAEL'S PINAFORE AND ┴-106: PUT HIM INTO THE ONE WITH BLUE BRAIDING, AND SMOOTHED OUT ╫ENDY ┴-107: AND MADE A DASH AT ╩OHN'S HAIR. ┴-108: ╬O NURSERY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED MORE CORRECTLY, ┴-109: AND ═R. ─ARLING KNEW IT, YET HE SOMETIMES WONDERED UNEASILY ┴-110: WHETHER THE NEIGHBOURS TALKED. ┴-111: ╚E HAD HIS POSITION IN THE CITY TO CONSIDER. ┴-112: ╬ANA ALSO TROUBLED HIM IN ANOTHER WAY. ╚E HAD SOMETIMES A ┴-113: FEELING THAT SHE DID NOT ADMIRE HIM. "╔ KNOW SHE ADMIRES YOU ┴-114: TREMENDOUSLY, ╟EORGE," ═RS. ─ARLING WOULD ASSURE HIM, AND THEN ┴-115: SHE WOULD SIGN TO THE CHILDREN TO BE SPECIALLY NICE TO FATHER. ┴-116: ╠OVELY DANCES FOLLOWED, IN WHICH THE ONLY OTHER SERVANT, ╠IZA, ┴-117: WAS SOMETIMES ALLOWED TO JOIN. ╙UCH A MIDGET SHE LOOKED IN HER ┴-118: LONG SKIRT AND MAID'S CAP, THOUGH SHE HAD SWORN, WHEN ENGAGED, ┴-119: THAT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE TEN AGAIN. ╘HE GAIETY OF THOSE ROMPS! ┴-120: ┴ND GAYEST OF ALL WAS ═RS. ─ARLING, WHO WOULD PIROUETTE SO WILDLY ┴-121: THAT ALL YOU COULD SEE OF HER WAS THE KISS, AND THEN IF YOU HAD ┴-122: DASHED AT HER YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT IT. ╘HERE NEVER WAS A SIMPLER ┴-123: HAPPIER FAMILY UNTIL THE COMING OF ╨ETER ╨AN. ┴-124: ═RS. ─ARLING FIRST HEARD OF ╨ETER WHEN SHE WAS TIDYING UP HER ┴-125: CHILDREN'S MINDS. ╔T IS THE NIGHTLY CUSTOM OF EVERY GOOD MOTHER ┴-126: AFTER HER CHILDREN ARE ASLEEP TO RUMMAGE IN THEIR MINDS AND PUT ┴-127: THINGS STRAIGHT FOR NEXT MORNING, REPACKING INTO THEIR PROPER ┴-128: PLACES THE MANY ARTICLES THAT HAVE WANDERED DURING THE DAY. ╔F ┴-129: YOU COULD KEEP AWAKE (BUT OF COURSE YOU CAN'T) YOU WOULD SEE YOUR ┴-130: OWN MOTHER DOING THIS, AND YOU WOULD FIND IT VERY INTERESTING TO ┴-131: WATCH HER. ╔T IS QUITE LIKE TIDYING UP DRAWERS. ┘OU WOULD SEE ┴-132: HER ON HER KNEES, ╔ EXPECT, LINGERING HUMOROUSLY OVER SOME OF ┴-133: YOUR CONTENTS, WONDERING WHERE ON EARTH YOU HAD PICKED THIS THING ┴-134: UP, MAKING DISCOVERIES SWEET AND NOT SO SWEET, PRESSING THIS TO ┴-135: HER CHEEK AS IF IT WERE AS NICE AS A KITTEN, AND HURRIEDLY ┴-136: STOWING THAT OUT OF SIGHT. ╫HEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING, THE ┴-137: NAUGHTINESS AND EVIL PASSIONS WITH WHICH YOU WENT TO BED HAVE ┴-138: BEEN FOLDED UP SMALL AND PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR MIND AND ┴-139: ON THE TOP, BEAUTIFULLY AIRED, ARE SPREAD OUT YOUR PRETTIER ┴-140: THOUGHTS, READY FOR YOU TO PUT ON. ┴-141: ╔ DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE EVER SEEN A MAP OF A PERSON'S ┴-142: MIND. ─OCTORS SOMETIMES DRAW MAPS OF OTHER PARTS OF YOU, AND ┴-143: YOUR OWN MAP CAN BECOME INTENSELY INTERESTING, BUT CATCH THEM ┴-144: TRYING TO DRAW A MAP OF A CHILD'S MIND, WHICH IS NOT ONLY ┴-145: CONFUSED, BUT KEEPS GOING ROUND ALL THE TIME. ╘HERE ARE ZIGZAG ┴-146: LINES ON IT, JUST LIKE YOUR TEMPERATURE ON A CARD, AND THESE ARE ┴-147: PROBABLY ROADS IN THE ISLAND, FOR THE ╬EVERLAND IS ALWAYS MORE OR ┴-148: LESS AN ISLAND, WITH ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR HERE AND ┴-149: THERE, AND CORAL REEFS AND RAKISH-LOOKING CRAFT IN THE OFFING, ┴-150: AND SAVAGES AND LONELY LAIRS, AND GNOMES WHO ARE MOSTLY TAILORS, ┴-151: AND CAVES THROUGH WHICH A RIVER RUNS, AND PRINCES WITH SIX ELDER ┴-152: BROTHERS, AND A HUT FAST GOING TO DECAY, AND ONE VERY SMALL OLD ┴-153: LADY WITH A HOOKED NOSE. ╔T WOULD BE AN EASY MAP IF THAT WERE ┴-154: ALL, BUT THERE IS ALSO FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL, RELIGION, FATHERS, ┴-155: THE ROUND POND, NEEDLE-WORK, MURDERS, HANGINGS, VERBS THAT TAKE ┴-156: THE DATIVE, CHOCOLATE PUDDING DAY, GETTING INTO BRACES, SAY ┴-157: NINETY-NINE, THREE-PENCE FOR PULLING OUT YOUR TOOTH YOURSELF, AND ┴-158: SO ON, AND EITHER THESE ARE PART OF THE ISLAND OR THEY ARE ┴-159: ANOTHER MAP SHOWING THROUGH, AND IT IS ALL RATHER CONFUSING, ┴-160: ESPECIALLY AS NOTHING WILL STAND STILL. ┴-161: ╧F COURSE THE ╬EVERLANDS VARY A GOOD DEAL. ╩OHN'S, FOR ┴-162: INSTANCE, HAD A LAGOON WITH FLAMINGOES FLYING OVER IT AT WHICH ┴-163: ╩OHN WAS SHOOTING, WHILE ═ICHAEL, WHO WAS VERY SMALL, HAD A ┴-164: FLAMINGO WITH LAGOONS FLYING OVER IT. ╩OHN LIVED IN A BOAT ┴-165: TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE SANDS, ═ICHAEL IN A WIGWAM, ╫ENDY IN A ┴-166: HOUSE OF LEAVES DEFTLY SEWN TOGETHER. ╩OHN HAD NO FRIENDS, ┴-167: ═ICHAEL HAD FRIENDS AT NIGHT, ╫ENDY HAD A PET WOLF FORSAKEN BY ┴-168: ITS PARENTS, BUT ON THE WHOLE THE ╬EVERLANDS HAVE A FAMILY ┴-169: RESEMBLANCE, AND IF THEY STOOD STILL IN A ROW YOU COULD SAY OF ┴-170: THEM THAT THEY HAVE EACH OTHER'S NOSE, AND SO FORTH. ╧N THESE ┴-171: MAGIC SHORES CHILDREN AT PLAY ARE FOR EVER BEACHING THEIR ┴-172: CORACLES [SIMPLE BOATS]. ╫E TOO HAVE BEEN THERE; WE CAN STILL ┴-173: HEAR THE SOUND OF THE SURF, THOUGH WE SHALL LAND NO MORE. ┴-174: ╧F ALL DELECTABLE ISLANDS THE ╬EVERLAND IS THE SNUGGEST AND ┴-175: MOST COMPACT, NOT LARGE AND SPRAWLY, YOU KNOW, WITH TEDIOUS ┴-176: DISTANCES BETWEEN ONE ADVENTURE AND ANOTHER, BUT NICELY CRAMMED. ┴-177: ╫HEN YOU PLAY AT IT BY DAY WITH THE CHAIRS AND TABLE-CLOTH, IT IS ┴-178: NOT IN THE LEAST ALARMING, BUT IN THE TWO MINUTES BEFORE YOU GO ┴-179: TO SLEEP IT BECOMES VERY REAL. ╘HAT IS WHY THERE ARE NIGHT- ┴-180: LIGHTS. ┴-181: ╧CCASIONALLY IN HER TRAVELS THROUGH HER CHILDREN'S MINDS ═RS. ┴-182: ─ARLING FOUND THINGS SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, AND OF THESE QUITE ┴-183: THE MOST PERPLEXING WAS THE WORD ╨ETER. ╙HE KNEW OF NO ╨ETER, ┴-184: AND YET HE WAS HERE AND THERE IN ╩OHN AND ═ICHAEL'S MINDS, WHILE ┴-185: ╫ENDY'S BEGAN TO BE SCRAWLED ALL OVER WITH HIM. ╘HE NAME STOOD ┴-186: OUT IN BOLDER LETTERS THAN ANY OF THE OTHER WORDS, AND AS ═RS. ┴-187: ─ARLING GAZED SHE FELT THAT IT HAD AN ODDLY COCKY APPEARANCE. ┴-188: "┘ES, HE IS RATHER COCKY," ╫ENDY ADMITTED WITH REGRET. ╚ER ┴-189: MOTHER HAD BEEN QUESTIONING HER. ┴-190: "┬UT WHO IS HE, MY PET?" ┴-191: "╚E IS ╨ETER ╨AN, YOU KNOW, MOTHER." ┴-192: ┴T FIRST ═RS. ─ARLING DID NOT KNOW, BUT AFTER THINKING BACK ┴-193: INTO HER CHILDHOOD SHE JUST REMEMBERED A ╨ETER ╨AN WHO WAS SAID ┴-194: TO LIVE WITH THE FAIRIES. ╘HERE WERE ODD STORIES ABOUT HIM, AS ┴-195: THAT WHEN CHILDREN DIED HE WENT PART OF THE WAY WITH THEM, SO ┴-196: THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE FRIGHTENED. ╙HE HAD BELIEVED IN HIM AT ┴-197: THE TIME, BUT NOW THAT SHE WAS MARRIED AND FULL OF SENSE SHE ┴-198: QUITE DOUBTED WHETHER THERE WAS ANY SUCH PERSON. ┴-199: "┬ESIDES," SHE SAID TO ╫ENDY, "HE WOULD BE GROWN UP BY THIS ┴-200: TIME." ┴-201: "╧H NO, HE ISN'T GROWN UP," ╫ENDY ASSURED HER CONFIDENTLY, ┴-202: "AND HE IS JUST MY SIZE." ╙HE MEANT THAT HE WAS HER SIZE IN BOTH ┴-203: MIND AND BODY; SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE KNEW, SHE JUST KNEW IT. ┴-204: ═RS. ─ARLING CONSULTED ═R. ─ARLING, BUT HE SMILED POOH-POOH. ┴-205: "═ARK MY WORDS," HE SAID, "IT IS SOME NONSENSE ╬ANA HAS BEEN ┴-206: PUTTING INTO THEIR HEADS; JUST THE SORT OF IDEA A DOG WOULD HAVE. ┴-207: ╠EAVE IT ALONE, AND IT WILL BLOW OVER." ┴-208: ┬UT IT WOULD NOT BLOW OVER AND SOON THE TROUBLESOME BOY GAVE ┴-209: ═RS. ─ARLING QUITE A SHOCK. ┴-210: ├HILDREN HAVE THE STRANGEST ADVENTURES WITHOUT BEING TROUBLED ┴-211: BY THEM. ╞OR INSTANCE, THEY MAY REMEMBER TO MENTION, A WEEK ┴-212: AFTER THE EVENT HAPPENED, THAT WHEN THEY WERE IN THE WOOD THEY ┴-213: HAD MET THEIR DEAD FATHER AND HAD A GAME WITH HIM. ╔T WAS IN ┴-214: THIS CASUAL WAY THAT ╫ENDY ONE MORNING MADE A DISQUIETING ┴-215: REVELATION. ╙OME LEAVES OF A TREE HAD BEEN FOUND ON THE NURSERY ┴-216: FLOOR, WHICH CERTAINLY WERE NOT THERE WHEN THE CHILDREN WENT TO ┴-217: BED, AND ═RS. ─ARLING WAS PUZZLING OVER THEM WHEN ╫ENDY SAID WITH ┴-218: A TOLERANT SMILE: ┴-219: "╔ DO BELIEVE IT IS THAT ╨ETER AGAIN!" ┴-220: "╫HATEVER DO YOU MEAN, ╫ENDY?" ┴-221: "╔T IS SO NAUGHTY OF HIM NOT TO WIPE," ╫ENDY SAID, SIGHING. ┴-222: ╙HE WAS A TIDY CHILD. ┴-223: ╙HE EXPLAINED IN QUITE A MATTER-OF-FACT WAY THAT SHE THOUGHT ┴-224: ╨ETER SOMETIMES CAME TO THE NURSERY IN THE NIGHT AND SAT ON THE ┴-225: FOOT OF HER BED AND PLAYED ON HIS PIPES TO HER. ╒NFORTUNATELY ┴-226: SHE NEVER WOKE, SO SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SHE KNEW, SHE JUST KNEW. ┴-227: "╫HAT NONSENSE YOU TALK, PRECIOUS. ╬O ONE CAN GET INTO THE ┴-228: HOUSE WITHOUT KNOCKING." ┴-229: "╔ THINK HE COMES IN BY THE WINDOW," SHE SAID. ┴-230: "═Y LOVE, IT IS THREE FLOORS UP." ┴-231: "╫ERE NOT THE LEAVES AT THE FOOT OF THE WINDOW, MOTHER?" ┴-232: ╔T WAS QUITE TRUE; THE LEAVES HAD BEEN FOUND VERY NEAR THE ┴-233: WINDOW. ┴-234: ═RS. ─ARLING DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK, FOR IT ALL SEEMED SO ┴-235: NATURAL TO ╫ENDY THAT YOU COULD NOT DISMISS IT BY SAYING SHE HAD ┴-236: BEEN DREAMING. ┴-237: "═Y CHILD," THE MOTHER CRIED, "WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME OF THIS ┴-238: BEFORE?" ┴-239: "╔ FORGOT," SAID ╫ENDY LIGHTLY. ╙HE WAS IN A HURRY TO GET HER ┴-240: BREAKFAST. ┴-241: ╧H, SURELY SHE MUST HAVE BEEN DREAMING. ┴-242: ┬UT, ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WERE THE LEAVES. ═RS. ─ARLING ┴-243: EXAMINED THEM VERY CAREFULLY; THEY WERE SKELETON LEAVES, BUT SHE ┴-244: WAS SURE THEY DID NOT COME FROM ANY TREE THAT GREW IN ┼NGLAND. ┴-245: ╙HE CRAWLED ABOUT THE FLOOR, PEERING AT IT WITH A CANDLE FOR ┴-246: MARKS OF A STRANGE FOOT. ╙HE RATTLED THE POKER UP THE CHIMNEY ┴-247: AND TAPPED THE WALLS. ╙HE LET DOWN A TAPE FROM THE WINDOW TO THE ┴-248: PAVEMENT, AND IT WAS A SHEER DROP OF THIRTY FEET, WITHOUT SO MUCH ┴-249: AS A SPOUT TO CLIMB UP BY. ┴-250: ├ERTAINLY ╫ENDY HAD BEEN DREAMING. ┴-251: ┬UT ╫ENDY HAD NOT BEEN DREAMING, AS THE VERY NEXT NIGHT ┴-252: SHOWED, THE NIGHT ON WHICH THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF THESE ┴-253: CHILDREN MAY BE SAID TO HAVE BEGUN. ┴-254: ╧N THE NIGHT WE SPEAK OF ALL THE CHILDREN WERE ONCE MORE IN ┴-255: BED. ╔T HAPPENED TO BE ╬ANA'S EVENING OFF, AND ═RS. ─ARLING HAD ┴-256: BATHED THEM AND SUNG TO THEM TILL ONE BY ONE THEY HAD LET GO HER ┴-257: HAND AND SLID AWAY INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP. ┴-258: ┴LL WERE LOOKING SO SAFE AND COSY THAT SHE SMILED AT HER FEARS ┴-259: NOW AND SAT DOWN TRANQUILLY BY THE FIRE TO SEW. ┴-260: ╔T WAS SOMETHING FOR ═ICHAEL, WHO ON HIS BIRTHDAY WAS GETTING ┴-261: INTO SHIRTS. ╘HE FIRE WAS WARM, HOWEVER, AND THE NURSERY DIMLY ┴-262: LIT BY THREE NIGHT-LIGHTS, AND PRESENTLY THE SEWING LAY ON ═RS. ┴-263: ─ARLING'S LAP. ╘HEN HER HEAD NODDED, OH, SO GRACEFULLY. ╙HE WAS ┴-264: ASLEEP. ╠OOK AT THE FOUR OF THEM, ╫ENDY AND ═ICHAEL OVER THERE, ┴-265: ╩OHN HERE, AND ═RS. ─ARLING BY THE FIRE. ╘HERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ┴-266: A FOURTH NIGHT-LIGHT. ┴-267: ╫HILE SHE SLEPT SHE HAD A DREAM. ╙HE DREAMT THAT THE ╬EVERLAND ┴-268: HAD COME TOO NEAR AND THAT A STRANGE BOY HAD BROKEN THROUGH FROM ┴-269: IT. ╚E DID NOT ALARM HER, FOR SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD SEEN HIM ┴-270: BEFORE IN THE FACES OF MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE NO CHILDREN. ╨ERHAPS ┴-271: HE IS TO BE FOUND IN THE FACES OF SOME MOTHERS ALSO. ┬UT IN HER ┴-272: DREAM HE HAD RENT THE FILM THAT OBSCURES THE ╬EVERLAND, AND SHE ┴-273: SAW ╫ENDY AND ╩OHN AND ═ICHAEL PEEPING THROUGH THE GAP. ┴-274: ╘HE DREAM BY ITSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRIFLE, BUT WHILE SHE ┴-275: WAS DREAMING THE WINDOW OF THE NURSERY BLEW OPEN, AND A BOY DID ┴-276: DROP ON THE FLOOR. ╚E WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A STRANGE LIGHT, NO ┴-277: BIGGER THAN YOUR FIST, WHICH DARTED ABOUT THE ROOM LIKE A LIVING ┴-278: THING AND ╔ THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN THIS LIGHT THAT WAKENED ═RS. ┴-279: ─ARLING. ┴-280: ╙HE STARTED UP WITH A CRY, AND SAW THE BOY, AND SOMEHOW SHE ┴-281: KNEW AT ONCE THAT HE WAS ╨ETER ╨AN. ╔F YOU OR ╔ OR ╫ENDY HAD ┴-282: BEEN THERE WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT HE WAS VERY LIKE ═RS. ┴-283: ─ARLING'S KISS. ╚E WAS A LOVELY BOY, CLAD IN SKELETON LEAVES AND ┴-284: THE JUICES THAT OOZE OUT OF TREES BUT THE MOST ENTRANCING THING ┴-285: ABOUT HIM WAS THAT HE HAD ALL HIS FIRST TEETH. ╫HEN HE SAW SHE ┴-286: WAS A GROWN-UP, HE GNASHED THE LITTLE PEARLS AT HER. [ ├ONTINUED ╔N ├HAPTER 02. ]