A Never tree tried hard to grow in the centre of the room , but every morning they sawed the trunk through , level with the floor . By tea-time it was always about two feet high , and then they put a door on top of it , the whole thus becoming a table ; as soon as they cleared away , they sawed off the trunk again , and thus there was more room to play . There was an enormous fireplace which was in almost any part of the room where you cared to light it , and across this Wendy stretched strings , made of fibre , from which she suspended her washing . The bed was tilted against the wall by day , and let down at 6:30 , when it filled nearly half the room ; and all the boys slept in it , except Michael , lying like sardines in a tin . There was a strict rule against turning round until one gave the signal , when all turned at once . Michael should have used it also , but Wendy would have -LSB- desired -RSB- a baby , and he was the littlest , and you know what women are , and the short and long of it is that he was hung up in a basket . It was rough and simple , and not unlike what baby bears would have made of an underground house in the same circumstances . But there was one recess in the wall , no larger than a bird-cage , which was the private apartment of Tinker Bell . It could be shut off from the rest of the house by a tiny curtain , which Tink , who was most fastidious -LSB- particular -RSB- , always kept drawn when dressing or undressing . No woman , however large , could have had a more exquisite boudoir -LSB- dressing room -RSB- and bed-chamber combined . The couch , as she always called it , was a genuine Queen Mab , with club legs ; and she varied the bedspreads according to what fruit-blossom was in season . Her mirror was a Puss-in-Boots , of which there are now only three , unchipped , known to fairy dealers ; the washstand was Pie-crust and reversible , the chest of drawers an authentic Charming the Sixth , and the carpet and rugs the best -LRB- the early -RRB- period of Margery and Robin . There was a chandelier from Tiddlywinks for the look of the thing , but of course she lit the residence herself . Tink was very contemptuous of the rest of the house , as indeed was perhaps inevitable , and her chamber , though beautiful , looked rather conceited , having the appearance of a nose permanently turned up . I suppose it was all especially entrancing to Wendy , because those rampagious boys of hers gave her so much to do . Really there were whole weeks when , except perhaps with a stocking in the evening , she was never above ground . The cooking , I can tell you , kept her nose to the pot , and even if there was nothing in it , even if there was no pot , she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same . You never exactly knew whether there would be a real meal or just a make-believe , it all depended upon Peter 's whim : he could eat , really eat , if it was part of a game , but he could not stodge -LSB- cram down the food -RSB- just to feel stodgy -LSB- stuffed with food -RSB- , which is what most children like better than anything else ; the next best thing being to talk about it . Make-believe was so real to him that during a meal of it you could see him getting rounder . Of course it was trying , but you simply had to follow his lead , and if you could prove to him that you were getting loose for your tree he let you stodge .
XXXXX 's favourite time for sewing and darning was after they had all gone to bed .
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