` If I chose to go back to mother , ' he asked at last , ` could you give me that wish ? ' Now this question vexed them , for were he to return to his mother they should lose his music , so the Queen tilted her nose contemptuously and said , ` Pooh ! ask for a much bigger wish than that . ' ` Is that quite a little wish ? ' he inquired . ` As little as this , ' the Queen answered , putting her hands near each other . ` What size is a big wish ? ' he asked . She measured it off on her skirt and it was a very handsome length . Then Peter reflected and said , ` Well , then , I think I shall have two little wishes instead of one big one . ' Of course , the fairies had to agree , though his cleverness rather shocked them , and he said that his first wish was to go to his mother , but with the right to return to the Gardens if he found her disappointing . His second wish he would hold in reserve . They tried to dissuade him , and even put obstacles in the way . ' I can give you the power to fly to her house , ' the Queen said , ` but I ca n't open the door for you . ' ` The window I flew out at will be open , ' Peter said confidently . ` Mother always keeps it open in the hope that I may fly back . ' ` How do you know ? ' they asked , quite surprised , and , really , Peter could not explain how he knew . ' I just do know , ' he said . So as he persisted in his wish , they had to grant it .
The way they gave him power to fly was this : They all tickled him on the shoulder , and soon he felt a funny itching in that part , and then up he rose higher and higher , and flew away out of the XXXXX and over the housetops .
Gardens Mother Peter Pooh Queen first music question right second