He remained sitting on the floor and held his breath , wondering how she knew that he had come back . If she said ` Peter ' again , he meant to cry ` Mother ' and run to her . But she spoke no more , she made little moans only , and when he next peeped at her she was once more asleep , with tears on her face . It made Peter very miserable , and what do you think was the first thing he did ? Sitting on the rail at the foot of the bed , he played a beautiful lullaby to his mother on his pipe . He had made it up himself out of the way she said ` Peter , ' and he never stopped playing until she looked happy . He thought this so clever of him that he could scarcely resist wakening her to hear her say , ' O Peter , how exquisitely you play ! ' However , as she now seemed comfortable , he again cast looks at the window . You must not think that he meditated flying away and never coming back . He had quite decided to be his mother 's boy , but hesitated about beginning to-night . It was the second wish which troubled him . He no longer meant to make it a wish to be a bird , but not to ask for a second wish seemed wasteful , and , of course , he could not ask for it without returning to the fairies . Also , if he put off asking for his wish too long it might go bad . He asked himself if he had not been hard-hearted to fly away without saying good-bye to Solomon . ' I should like awfully to sail in my boat just once more , ' he said wistfully to his sleeping mother . He quite argued with her as if she could hear him . ` It would be so splendid to tell the birds of this adventure , ' he said coaxingly . ' I promise to come back , ' he said solemnly , and meant it , too . -LSB- Illustration : Butter is got from the roots of old trees -LRB- missing from book -RRB- -RSB- And in the end , you know , he flew away . Twice he came back from the window , wanting to kiss his mother , but he feared the delight of it might waken her , so at last he played her a lovely kiss on his pipe , and then he flew back to the Gardens .
Many nights , and even months , passed before he asked the fairies for his XXXXX wish ; and I am not sure that I quite know why he delayed so long .
Gardens Mother Peter Solomon course first floor lullaby second to-night