That , Peter had told Wendy , was the way to the Neverland ; but even birds , carrying maps and consulting them at windy corners , could not have sighted it with these instructions . Peter , you see , just said anything that came into his head . At first his companions trusted him implicitly , and so great were the delights of flying that they wasted time circling round church spires or any other tall objects on the way that took their fancy . John and Michael raced , Michael getting a start . They recalled with contempt that not so long ago they had thought themselves fine fellows for being able to fly round a room . Not long ago . But how long ago ? They were flying over the sea before this thought began to disturb Wendy seriously . John thought it was their second sea and their third night . Sometimes it was dark and sometimes light , and now they were very cold and again too warm . Did they really feel hungry at times , or were they merely pretending , because Peter had such a jolly new way of feeding them ? His way was to pursue birds who had food in their mouths suitable for humans and snatch it from them ; then the birds would follow and snatch it back ; and they would all go chasing each other gaily for miles , parting at last with mutual expressions of good-will . But Wendy noticed with gentle concern that Peter did not seem to know that this was rather an odd way of getting your bread and butter , nor even that there are other ways . Certainly they did not pretend to be sleepy , they were sleepy ; and that was a danger , for the moment they popped off , down they fell . The awful thing was that Peter thought this funny . `` There he goes again ! '' he would cry gleefully , as Michael suddenly dropped like a stone . `` Save him , save him ! '' cried Wendy , looking with horror at the cruel sea far below . Eventually Peter would dive through the air , and catch Michael just before he could strike the sea , and it was lovely the way he did it ; but he always waited till the last moment , and you felt it was his cleverness that interested him and not the saving of human life .
Also he was fond of variety , and the sport that engrossed him one XXXXX would suddenly cease to engage him , so there was always the possibility that the next time you fell he would let you go .
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