I am back , ' he said hotly , ` why do you not cheer ? ' They opened their mouths , but the cheers would not come . He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings . ` Great news , boys , ' he cried , ' I have brought at last a mother for you all . ' Still no sound , except a little thud from Tootles as he dropped on his knees . ` Have you not seen her ? ' asked Peter , becoming troubled . ` She flew this way . ' ` Ah me , ' one voice said , and another said , ` Oh , mournful day . ' Tootles rose . ` Peter , ' he said quietly , ' I will show her to you ' ; and when the others would still have hidden her he said , ` Back , twins , let Peter see . ' So they all stood back , and let him see , and after he had looked for a little time he did not know what to do next . ` She is dead , ' he said uncomfortably . ` Perhaps she is frightened at being dead . ' He thought of hopping off in a comic sort of way till he was out of sight of her , and then never going near the spot any more . They would all have been glad to follow if he had done this . But there was the arrow . He took it from her heart and faced his band . ` Whose arrow ? ' he demanded sternly .
` Mine , XXXXX , ' said Tootles on his knees .
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