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The
scheme
to
be
put
before
them
was
really
Peter
's
,
but
Solomon
did
most
of
the
talking
,
because
he
soon
became
irritable
if
other
people
talked
.
He
began
by
saying
that
he
had
been
much
impressed
by
the
superior
ingenuity
shown
by
the
thrushes
in
nest-building
,
and
this
put
them
into
good-humour
at
once
,
as
it
was
meant
to
do
;
for
all
the
quarrels
between
birds
are
about
the
best
way
of
building
nests
.
Other
birds
,
said
Solomon
,
omitted
to
line
their
nests
with
mud
,
and
as
a
result
they
did
not
hold
water
.
Here
he
cocked
his
head
as
if
he
had
used
an
unanswerable
argument
;
but
,
unfortunately
,
a
Mrs.
Finch
had
come
to
the
meeting
uninvited
,
and
she
squeaked
out
,
"
We
do
n't
build
nests
to
hold
water
,
but
to
hold
eggs
,
"
and
then
the
thrushes
stopped
cheering
,
and
Solomon
was
so
perplexed
that
he
took
several
sips
of
water
.
"
Consider
,
"
he
said
at
last
,
"
how
warm
the
mud
makes
the
nest
.
"
"
Consider
,
"
cried
Mrs.
Finch
,
"
that
when
water
gets
into
the
nest
it
remains
there
and
your
little
ones
are
drowned
.
"
The
thrushes
begged
Solomon
with
a
look
to
say
something
crushing
in
reply
to
this
,
but
again
he
was
perplexed
.
"
Try
another
drink
,
"
suggested
Mrs.
Finch
pertly
.
Kate
was
her
name
,
and
all
Kates
are
saucy
.
Solomon
did
try
another
drink
,
and
it
inspired
him
.
"
If
,
"
said
he
,
"
a
finch
's
nest
is
placed
on
the
Serpentine
it
fills
and
breaks
to
pieces
,
but
a
thrush
's
nest
is
still
as
dry
as
the
cup
of
a
swan
's
back
.
"
How
the
thrushes
applauded
!
Now
they
knew
why
they
lined
their
nests
with
mud
,
and
when
Mrs.
Finch
called
out
,
"
We
do
n't
place
our
nests
on
the
Serpentine
,
"
they
did
what
they
should
have
done
at
first
:
chased
her
from
the
meeting
.
After
this
it
was
most
orderly
.
What
they
had
been
brought
together
to
hear
,
said
Solomon
,
was
this
:
their
young
friend
,
Peter
Pan
,
as
they
well
knew
,
wanted
very
much
to
be
able
to
cross
to
the
Gardens
,
and
he
now
proposed
,
with
their
help
,
to
build
a
boat
.
At
this
the
thrushes
began
to
fidget
,
which
made
Peter
tremble
for
his
scheme
.
Solomon
explained
hastily
that
what
he
meant
was
not
one
of
the
cumbrous
boats
that
humans
use
;
the
proposed
boat
was
to
be
simply
a
thrush
's
nest
large
enough
to
hold
Peter
.
