I promise to come back , ' he said solemnly , and meant it , too . -LSB- Illustration : Butter is got from the roots of old trees -LRB- missing from book -RRB- -RSB- And in the end , you know , he flew away . Twice he came back from the window , wanting to kiss his mother , but he feared the delight of it might waken her , so at last he played her a lovely kiss on his pipe , and then he flew back to the Gardens . Many nights , and even months , passed before he asked the fairies for his second wish ; and I am not sure that I quite know why he delayed so long . One reason was that he had so many good-byes to say , not only to his particular friends , but to a hundred favourite spots . Then he had his last sail , and his very last sail , and his last sail of all , and so on . Again , a number of farewell feasts were given in his honour ; and another comfortable reason was that , after all , there was no hurry , for his mother would never weary of waiting for him . This last reason displeased old Solomon , for it was an encouragement to the birds to procrastinate . Solomon had several excellent mottoes for keeping them at their work , such as ` Never put off laying to-day because you can lay to-morrow , ' and ` In this world there are no second chances , ' and yet here was Peter gaily putting off and none the worse for it . The birds pointed this out to each other , and fell into lazy habits . But , mind you , though Peter was so slow in going back to his mother , he was quite decided to go back . The best proof of this was his caution with the fairies . They were most anxious that he should remain in the Gardens to play to them , and to bring this to pass they tried to trick him into making such a remark as ' I wish the grass was not so wet , ' and some of them danced out of time in the hope that he might cry , ' I do wish you would keep time ! ' Then they would have said that this was his second wish . But he smoked their design , and though on occasions he began , ' I wish -- ' he always stopped in time . So when at last he said to them bravely , ' I wish now to go back to mother for ever and always , ' they had to tickle his shoulders and let him go . He went in a hurry in the end , because he had dreamt that his mother was crying , and he knew what was the great thing she cried for , and that a hug from her splendid Peter would quickly make her to smile . Oh ! he felt sure of it , and so eager was he to be nestling in her arms that this time he flew straight to the window , which was always to be open for him . -LSB- Illustration : Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit -RSB- But the window was closed , and there were iron bars on it , and peering inside he saw his mother sleeping peacefully with her arm round another little boy .
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