All night they sat above , keeping watch over the home under the ground and awaiting the big attack by the pirates which obviously could not be much longer delayed . Even by day they hung about , smoking the pipe of peace , and looking almost as if they wanted tit-bits to eat . They called Peter the Great White Father , prostrating themselves before him ; and he liked this tremendously , so that it was not really good for him . ` The great white father , ' he would say to them in a very lordly manner , as they grovelled at his feet , ` is glad to see the Piccaninny warriors protecting his wigwam from the pirates . ' ` Me Tiger Lily , ' that lovely creature would reply . ` Peter Pan save me , me his velly nice friend . Me no let pirates hurt him . ' She was far too pretty to cringe in this way , but Peter thought it his due , and he would answer condescendingly , ` It is good . Peter Pan has spoken . ' Always when he said , ` Peter Pan has spoken , ' it meant that they must now shut up , and they accepted it humbly in that spirit ; but they were by no means so respectful to the other boys , whom they looked upon as just ordinary braves . They said ` How-do ? ' to them , and things like that ; and what annoyed the boys was that Peter seemed to think this all right . Secretly Wendy sympathised with them a little , but she was far too loyal a housewife to listen to any complaints against father . ` Father knows best , ' she always said , whatever her private opinion must be . Her private opinion was that the redskins should not call her a squaw . We have now reached the evening that was to be known among them as the Night of Nights , because of its adventures and their upshot . The day , as if quietly gathering its forces , had been almost uneventful , and now the redskins in their blankets were at their posts above , while , below , the children were having their evening meal ; all except Peter , who had gone out to get the time . The way you got the time on the island was to find the crocodile , and then stay near him till the clock struck . This meal happened to be a make-believe tea , and they sat round the board , guzzling in their greed ; and really , what with their chatter and recriminations , the noise , as Wendy said , was positively deafening . To be sure , she did not mind noise , but she simply would not have them grabbing things , and then excusing themselves by saying that Tootles had pushed their elbow .
There was a fixed rule that they must never hit back at meals , but should refer the matter of dispute to XXXXX by raising the right arm politely and saying , ' I complain of so-and-so ' ; but what usually happened was that they forgot to do this or did it too much .
Father Nights Pan Peter Tootles Wendy night redskins smoking wigwam