Peter Pan (15)

(8) The Home Underground

Peter measured some trees to make holes to fit the new arrivals, so that they could go down into the cave whenever they wanted.

The cave was one enormous room, and they had sawed off a Nevertree, that grew in the middle, for a table.
( They had to do this every morning, because it grew again overnight ! )

Wendy stretched strings across the room to hang up the washing.

There was a huge bed, slung against the wall, which was let down at night.

The Lost Boys slept in it like sardines in a tin.

Tinker Bell had her own tiny room, with a little curtain in front of it.
It was furnished elegantly, with a couch, a dressing-table and a mirror.

There was a  crystal chandelir, though the fairy lighted her beautiful room herself.

Wendy did all the cooking.

They ate island food ーroast pig, bread-fruit and bananas.

Wendy liked to sit by the fire at night, when the boys were asleep, darning their socks.

As the weeks went by, Michael and John began to forget that she was not their real mother, though she did her best to remind them.

All this time the boys were going off on adventures organised by Peter, though there is only time to tell you about a few of them.
      
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