We now return to the nursery . ` It 's all right , ' John announced , emerging from his hiding-place . ' I say , Peter , can you really fly ? ' Instead of troubling to answer him Peter flew round the room , taking the mantelpiece on the way . ` How topping ! ' said John and Michael . ` How sweet ! ' cried Wendy . ` Yes , I 'm sweet , oh , I am sweet ! ' said Peter , forgetting his manners again . It looked delightfully easy , and they tried it first from the floor and then from the beds , but they always went down instead of up . ' I say , how do you do it ? ' asked John , rubbing his knee . He was quite a practical boy . ` You just think lovely wonderful thoughts , ' Peter explained , ` and they lift you up in the air . ' He showed them again . ` You 're so nippy at it , ' John said ; ` could n't you do it very slowly once ? ' Peter did it both slowly and quickly . ` I 've got it now , Wendy ! ' cried John , but soon he found he had not .
Not one of them could fly an inch , though even XXXXX was in words of two syllables , and Peter did not know A from Z. Of course Peter had been trifling with them , for no one can fly unless the fairy dust has been blown on him .
John Michael Peter Wendy first floor hiding-place mantelpiece nursery right