But , mind you , though Peter was so slow in going back to his mother , he was quite decided to go back . The best proof of this was his caution with the fairies . They were most anxious that he should remain in the Gardens to play to them , and to bring this to pass they tried to trick him into making such a remark as ' I wish the grass was not so wet , ' and some of them danced out of time in the hope that he might cry , ' I do wish you would keep time ! ' Then they would have said that this was his second wish . But he smoked their design , and though on occasions he began , ' I wish -- ' he always stopped in time . So when at last he said to them bravely , ' I wish now to go back to mother for ever and always , ' they had to tickle his shoulders and let him go . He went in a hurry in the end , because he had dreamt that his mother was crying , and he knew what was the great thing she cried for , and that a hug from her splendid Peter would quickly make her to smile . Oh ! he felt sure of it , and so eager was he to be nestling in her arms that this time he flew straight to the window , which was always to be open for him . -LSB- Illustration : Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit -RSB- But the window was closed , and there were iron bars on it , and peering inside he saw his mother sleeping peacefully with her arm round another little boy . Peter called , ` Mother ! mother ! ' but she heard him not ; in vain he beat his little limbs against the iron bars . He had to fly back , sobbing , to the Gardens , and he never saw his dear again . What a glorious boy he had meant to be to her ! Ah , Peter ! we who have made the great mistake , how differently we should all act at the second chance . But Solomon was right -- there is no second chance , not for most of us . When we reach the window it is Lock-out Time . The iron bars are up for life .
-LSB- Illustration : Tailpiece to ` Lock-out XXXXX ' -RSB- -LSB- Illustration : Headpiece to ` The Little House ' -RSB- V THE LITTLE HOUSE Everybody has heard of the Little House in the Kensington Gardens , which is the only house in the whole world that the fairies have built for humans .
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