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791
Or
again
,
we
might
choose
Peter
's
defiance
of
the
lions
,
when
he
drew
a
circle
round
him
on
the
ground
with
an
arrow
and
defied
them
to
cross
it
;
and
though
he
waited
for
hours
,
with
the
other
boys
and
Wendy
looking
on
breathlessly
from
trees
,
not
one
of
them
dared
to
accept
his
challenge
.
792
Which
of
these
adventures
shall
we
choose
?
The
best
way
will
be
to
toss
for
it
.
793
I
have
tossed
,
and
the
lagoon
has
won
.
This
almost
makes
one
wish
that
the
gulch
or
the
cake
or
Tink
's
leaf
had
won
.
Of
course
I
could
do
it
again
,
and
make
it
best
out
of
three
;
however
,
perhaps
fairest
to
stick
to
the
lagoon
.
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794
If
you
shut
your
eyes
and
are
a
lucky
one
,
you
may
see
at
times
a
shapeless
pool
of
lovely
pale
colours
suspended
in
the
darkness
;
then
if
you
squeeze
your
eyes
tighter
,
the
pool
begins
to
take
shape
,
and
the
colours
become
so
vivid
that
with
another
squeeze
they
must
go
on
fire
.
But
just
before
they
go
on
fire
you
see
the
lagoon
.
This
is
the
nearest
you
ever
get
to
it
on
the
mainland
,
just
one
heavenly
moment
;
if
there
could
be
two
moments
you
might
see
the
surf
and
hear
the
mermaids
singing
.
795
The
children
often
spent
long
summer
days
on
this
lagoon
,
swimming
or
floating
most
of
the
time
,
playing
the
mermaid
games
in
the
water
,
and
so
forth
.
You
must
not
think
from
this
that
the
mermaids
were
on
friendly
terms
with
them
;
on
the
contrary
,
it
was
among
Wendy
's
lasting
regrets
that
all
the
time
she
was
on
the
island
she
never
had
a
civil
word
from
one
of
them
.
When
she
stole
softly
to
the
edge
of
the
lagoon
she
might
see
them
by
the
score
,
especially
on
Marooners
'
Rock
,
where
they
loved
to
bask
,
combing
out
their
hair
in
a
lazy
way
that
quite
irritated
her
;
or
she
might
even
swim
,
on
tiptoe
as
it
were
,
to
within
a
yard
of
them
,
but
then
they
saw
her
and
dived
,
probably
splashing
her
with
their
tails
,
not
by
accident
,
but
intentionally
.
796
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
.
797
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
.
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
.
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798
But
the
moment
the
children
tried
to
join
in
they
had
to
play
by
themselves
,
for
the
mermaids
immediately
disappeared
.
Nevertheless
we
have
proof
that
they
secretly
watched
the
interlopers
,
and
were
not
above
taking
an
idea
from
them
;
for
John
introduced
a
new
way
of
hitting
the
bubble
,
with
the
head
instead
of
the
hand
,
and
the
mermaid
goal-keepers
adopted
it
.
This
is
the
one
mark
that
John
has
left
on
the
Neverland
.
799
It
must
also
have
been
rather
pretty
to
see
the
children
resting
on
a
rock
for
half
an
hour
after
their
midday
meal
.
Wendy
insisted
on
their
doing
this
,
and
it
had
to
be
a
real
rest
even
though
the
meal
was
make-believe
.
800
So
they
lay
there
in
the
sun
,
and
their
bodies
glistened
in
it
,
while
she
sat
beside
them
and
looked
important
.