It was bobbing about on the Hump , quite as if it was having a game by itself , and he caught it after an exciting chase . But he thought it was a ball , and Jenny Wren had told him that boys kick balls , so he kicked it ; and after that he could not find it anywhere . Perhaps the most surprising thing he found was a perambulator . It was under a lime-tree , near the entrance to the Fairy Queen 's Winter Palace -LRB- which is within the circle of the seven Spanish chestnuts -RRB- , and Peter approached it warily , for the birds had never mentioned such things to him . Lest it was alive , he addressed it politely ; and then , as it gave no answer , he went nearer and felt it cautiously . He gave it a little push , and it ran from him , which made him think it must be alive after all ; but , as it had run from him , he was not afraid . So he stretched out his hand to pull it to him , but this time it ran at him , and he was so alarmed that he leapt the railing and scudded away to his boat . You must not think , however , that he was a coward , for he came back next night with a crust in one hand and a stick in the other , but the perambulator had gone , and he never saw any other one . I have promised to tell you also about his paddle . It was a child 's spade which he had found near St. Govor 's Well , and he thought it was a paddle . Do you pity Peter Pan for making these mistakes ? If so , I think it rather silly of you . What I mean is that , of course , one must pity him now and then , but to pity him all the time would be impertinence . He thought he had the most splendid time in the Gardens , and to think you have it is almost quite as good as really to have it . He played without ceasing , while you often waste time by being mad-dog or Mary-Annish . He could be neither of these things , for he had never heard of them , but do you think he is to be pitied for that ? Oh , he was merry ! He was as much merrier than you , for instance , as you are merrier than your father . Sometimes he fell , like a spinning-top , from sheer merriment . Have you seen a greyhound leaping the fences of the Gardens ?
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