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But
there
is
also
a
way
of
finding
out
about
the
ball
before
it
takes
place
.
You
know
the
boards
which
tell
at
what
time
the
Gardens
are
to
close
to-day
.
Well
,
these
tricky
fairies
sometimes
slyly
change
the
board
on
a
ball
night
,
so
that
it
says
the
Gardens
are
to
close
at
six-thirty
for
instance
,
instead
of
at
seven
.
This
enables
them
to
get
begun
half
an
hour
earlier
.
If
on
such
a
night
we
could
remain
behind
in
the
Gardens
,
as
the
famous
Maimie
Mannering
did
,
we
might
see
delicious
sights
,
hundreds
of
lovely
fairies
hastening
to
the
ball
,
the
married
ones
wearing
their
wedding-rings
round
their
waists
,
the
gentlemen
,
all
in
uniform
,
holding
up
the
ladies
'
trains
,
and
linkmen
running
in
front
carrying
winter
cherries
,
which
are
the
fairy-lanterns
,
the
cloakroom
where
they
put
on
their
silver
slippers
and
get
a
ticket
for
their
wraps
,
the
flowers
streaming
up
from
the
Baby
Walk
to
look
on
,
and
always
welcome
because
they
can
lend
a
pin
,
the
supper-table
,
with
Queen
Mab
at
the
head
of
it
,
and
behind
her
chair
the
Lord
Chamberlain
,
who
carries
a
dandelion
on
which
he
blows
when
Her
Majesty
wants
to
know
the
time
.
The
table-cloth
varies
according
to
the
seasons
,
and
in
May
it
is
made
of
chestnut-blossom
.
The
ways
the
fairy-servants
do
is
this
:
The
men
,
scores
of
them
,
climb
up
the
trees
and
shake
the
branches
,
and
the
blossom
falls
like
snow
.
Then
the
lady
servants
sweep
it
together
by
whisking
their
skirts
until
it
is
exactly
like
a
table-cloth
,
and
that
is
how
they
get
their
table-cloth
.
They
have
real
glasses
and
real
wine
of
three
kinds
,
namely
,
blackthorn
wine
,
berberris
wine
,
and
cowslip
wine
,
and
the
Queen
pours
out
,
but
the
bottles
are
so
heavy
that
she
just
pretends
to
pour
out
.
There
is
bread
and
butter
to
begin
with
,
of
the
size
of
a
threepenny
bit
;
and
cakes
to
end
with
,
and
they
are
so
small
that
they
have
no
crumbs
.
The
fairies
sit
round
on
mushrooms
,
and
at
first
they
are
very
well-behaved
and
always
cough
off
the
table
,
and
so
on
,
but
after
a
bit
they
are
not
so
well-behaved
and
stick
their
fingers
into
the
butter
,
which
is
got
from
the
roots
of
old
trees
,
and
the
really
horrid
ones
crawl
over
the
table-cloth
chasing
sugar
or
other
delicacies
with
their
tongues
.
When
the
Queen
sees
them
doing
this
she
signs
to
the
servants
to
wash
up
and
put
away
,
and
then
everybody
adjourns
to
the
dance
,
the
Queen
walking
in
front
while
the
Lord
Chamberlain
walks
behind
her
,
carrying
two
little
pots
,
one
of
which
contains
the
juice
of
wall-flower
and
the
other
the
juice
of
Solomon
's
Seals
.
Wall-flower
juice
is
good
for
reviving
dancers
who
fall
to
the
ground
in
a
fit
,
and
Solomon
's
Seals
juice
is
for
bruises
.
They
bruise
very
easily
and
when
Peter
plays
faster
and
faster
they
foot
it
till
they
fall
down
in
fits
.
For
,
as
you
know
without
my
telling
you
,
Peter
Pan
is
the
fairies
'
orchestra
.
He
sits
in
the
middle
of
the
ring
,
and
they
would
never
dream
of
having
a
smart
dance
nowadays
without
him
.
"
P.
P.
"
is
written
on
the
corner
of
the
invitation-cards
sent
out
by
all
really
good
families
.
They
are
grateful
little
people
,
too
,
and
at
the
princess
's
coming-of-age
ball
(
they
come
of
age
on
their
second
birthday
and
have
a
birthday
every
month
)
they
gave
him
the
wish
of
his
heart
.
The
way
it
was
done
was
this
.
The
Queen
ordered
him
to
kneel
,
and
then
said
that
for
playing
so
beautifully
she
would
give
him
the
wish
of
his
heart
.
Then
they
all
gathered
round
Peter
to
hear
what
was
the
wish
of
his
heart
,
but
for
a
long
time
he
hesitated
,
not
being
certain
what
it
was
himself
.
"
If
I
chose
to
go
back
to
mother
,
"
he
asked
at
last
,
"
could
you
give
me
that
wish
?
"
Now
this
question
vexed
them
,
for
were
he
to
return
to
his
mother
they
should
lose
his
music
,
so
the
Queen
tilted
her
nose
contemptuously
and
said
,
"
Pooh
,
ask
for
a
much
bigger
wish
than
that
.
"
"
Is
that
quite
a
little
wish
?
"
he
inquired
.
