Maimie stamped her foot naughtily , and was putting her fingers to her eyes , when she heard a kind voice say , `` Do n't cry , pretty human , do n't cry , '' and then she turned round and saw a beautiful little naked boy regarding her wistfully . She knew at once that he must be Peter Pan . Lock-out Time It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies , and almost the only thing known for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children . Long ago children were forbidden the Gardens , and at that time there was not a fairy in the place ; then the children were admitted , and the fairies came trooping in that very evening . They ca n't resist following the children , but you seldom see them , partly because they live in the daytime behind the railings , where you are not allowed to go , and also partly because they are so cunning . They are not a bit cunning after Lock-out , but until Lock-out , my word ! When you were a bird you knew the fairies pretty well , and you remember a good deal about them in your babyhood , which it is a great pity you ca n't write down , for gradually you forget , and I have heard of children who declared that they had never once seen a fairy . Very likely if they said this in the Kensington Gardens , they were standing looking at a fairy all the time . The reason they were cheated was that she pretended to be something else . This is one of their best tricks . They usually pretend to be flowers , because the court sits in the Fairies ' Basin , and there are so many flowers there , and all along the Baby Walk , that a flower is the thing least likely to attract attention . They dress exactly like flowers , and change with the seasons , putting on white when lilies are in and blue for blue-bells , and so on . They like crocus and hyacinth time best of all , as they are partial to a bit of colour , but tulips -LRB- except white ones , which are the fairy-cradles -RRB- they consider garish , and they sometimes put off dressing like tulips for days , so that the beginning of the tulip weeks is almost the best time to catch them . When they think you are not looking they skip along pretty lively , but if you look and they fear there is no time to hide , they stand quite still , pretending to be flowers . Then , after you have passed without knowing that they were fairies , they rush home and tell their mothers they have had such an adventure . The Fairy Basin , you remember , is all covered with ground-ivy -LRB- from which they make their castor-oil -RRB- , with flowers growing in it here and there . Most of them really are flowers , but some of them are fairies . You never can be sure of them , but a good plan is to walk by looking the other way , and then turn round sharply . Another good plan , which David and I sometimes follow , is to stare them down . After a long time they ca n't help winking , and then you know for certain that they are fairies .
There are also numbers of them along the Baby XXXXX , which is a famous gentle place , as spots frequented by fairies are called .
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