said Solomon . He promised very kindly , however , to teach Peter as many of the bird ways as could be learned by one of such an awkward shape . ` Then I sha n't be exactly a human ? ' Peter asked . ` No . ' ` Nor exactly a bird ? ' ` No . ' ` What shall I be ? ' ` You will be a Betwixt-and-Between , ' Solomon said , and certainly he was a wise old fellow , for that is exactly how it turned out . The birds on the island never got used to him . His oddities tickled them every day , as if they were quite new , though it was really the birds that were new . They came out of the eggs daily , and laughed at him at once ; then off they soon flew to be humans , and other birds came out of other eggs ; and so it went on for ever . The crafty mother-birds , when they tired of sitting on their eggs , used to get the young ones to break their shells a day before the right time by whispering to them that now was their chance to see Peter washing or drinking or eating . Thousands gathered round him daily to watch him do these things , just as you watch the peacocks , and they screamed with delight when he lifted the crusts they flung him with his hands instead of in the usual way with the mouth . All his food was brought to him from the Gardens at Solomon 's orders by the birds . He would not eat worms or insects -LRB- which they thought very silly of him -RRB- , so they brought him bread in their beaks . Thus , when you cry out , ` Greedy ! Greedy ! ' to the bird that flies away with the big crust , you know now that you ought not to do this , for he is very likely taking it to Peter Pan . -LSB- Illustration : The birds on the island never got used to him .
His oddities tickled them every XXXXX -RSB- Peter wore no nightgown now .
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