I have no real experience . ' ` That does n't matter , ' said Peter , as if he were the only person present who knew all about it , though he was really the one who knew least . ` What we need is just a nice motherly person . ' ` Oh dear ! ' Wendy said , ` you see I feel that is exactly what I am . ' ` It is , it is , ' they all cried ; ` we saw it at once . ' ` Very well , ' she said , ' I will do my best . Come inside at once , you naughty children ; I am sure your feet are damp . And before I put you to bed I have just time to finish the story of Cinderella . ' In they went ; I do n't know how there was room for them , but you can squeeze very tight in the Neverland . And that was the first of the many joyous evenings they had with Wendy . By and by she tucked them up in the great bed in the home under the trees , but she herself slept that night in the little house , and Peter kept watch outside with drawn sword , for the pirates could be heard carousing far away and the wolves were on the prowl . The little house looked so cosy and safe in the darkness , with a bright light showing through its blinds , and the chimney smoking beautifully , and Peter standing on guard . After a time he fell asleep , and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy . Any of the other boys obstructing the fairy path at night they would have mischiefed , but they just tweaked Peter 's nose and passed on . -LSB- Illustration : PETER ON GUARD -RSB- CHAPTER VII THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND One of the first things Peter did next day was to measure Wendy and John and Michael for hollow trees . Hook , you remember , had sneered at the boys for thinking they needed a tree apiece , but this was ignorance , for unless your tree fitted you it was difficult to go up and down , and no two of the boys were quite the same size . Once you fitted , you drew in your breath at the top , and down you went at exactly the right speed , while to ascend you drew in and let out alternately , and so wriggled up . Of course , when you have mastered the action you are able to do these things without thinking of them , and then nothing can be more graceful . But you simply must fit , and Peter measures you for your tree as carefully as for a suit of clothes : the only difference being that the clothes are made to fit you , while you have to be made to fit the tree .
Usually it is done quite easily , as by your wearing too many garments or too few ; but if you are bumpy in awkward places or the only available tree is an odd shape , XXXXX does some things to you , and after that you fit .
Cinderella Michael Neverland Peter VII Wendy evenings night right smoking