In the van , on all fours , is Great Big Little Panther , a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress . Bringing up the rear , the place of greatest danger , comes Tiger Lily , proudly erect , a princess in her own right . She is the most beautiful of dusky Dianas -LSB- Diana  goddess of the woods -RSB- and the belle of the Piccaninnies , coquettish -LSB- flirting -RSB- , cold and amorous -LSB- loving -RSB- by turns ; there is not a brave who would not have the wayward thing to wife , but she staves off the altar with a hatchet . Observe how they pass over fallen twigs without making the slightest noise . The only sound to be heard is their somewhat heavy breathing . The fact is that they are all a little fat just now after the heavy gorging , but in time they will work this off . For the moment , however , it constitutes their chief danger . The redskins disappear as they have come like shadows , and soon their place is taken by the beasts , a great and motley procession : lions , tigers , bears , and the innumerable smaller savage things that flee from them , for every kind of beast , and , more particularly , all the man-eaters , live cheek by jowl on the favoured island . Their tongues are hanging out , they are hungry to-night . When they have passed , comes the last figure of all , a gigantic crocodile . We shall see for whom she is looking presently . The crocodile passes , but soon the boys appear again , for the procession must continue indefinitely until one of the parties stops or changes its pace . Then quickly they will be on top of each other . All are keeping a sharp look-out in front , but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind . This shows how real the island was . The first to fall out of the moving circle was the boys . They flung themselves down on the sward -LSB- turf -RSB- , close to their underground home . `` I do wish Peter would come back , '' every one of them said nervously , though in height and still more in breadth they were all larger than their captain . `` I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates , '' Slightly said , in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite ; but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him , for he added hastily , `` but I wish he would come back , and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella . '' They talked of Cinderella , and Tootles was confident that his mother must have been very like her .
It was only in XXXXX 's absence that they could speak of mothers , the subject being forbidden by him as silly .
Cinderella Diana Peter Piccaninnies Tootles favourite look-out man-eaters right sward