I forget whether I have told you that there was a stave on the rock , driven into it by some buccaneers of long ago to mark the site of buried treasure . The children had discovered the glittering hoard , and when in mischievous mood used to fling showers of moidores , diamonds , pearls and pieces of eight to the gulls , who pounced upon them for food , and then flew away , raging at the scurvy trick that had been played upon them . The stave was still there , and on it Starkey had hung his hat , a deep tarpaulin , watertight , with a broad brim . Peter put the eggs into this hat and set it on the lagoon . It floated beautifully . The Never bird saw at once what he was up to , and screamed her admiration of him ; and , alas , Peter crowed his agreement with her . Then he got into the nest , reared the stave in it as a mast , and hung up his shirt for a sail . At the same moment the bird fluttered down upon the hat and once more sat snugly on her eggs . She drifted in one direction , and he was borne off in another , both cheering . Of course when Peter landed he beached his barque in a place where the bird would easily find it ; but the hat was such a great success that she abandoned the nest . It drifted about till it went to pieces , and often Starkey came to the shore of the lagoon , and with many bitter feelings watched the bird sitting on his hat . As we shall not see her again , it may be worth mentioning here that all Never birds now build in that shape of nest , with a broad brim on which the youngsters take an airing . Great were the rejoicings when Peter reached the home under the ground almost as soon as Wendy , who had been carried hither and thither by the kite . Every boy had adventures to tell ; but perhaps the biggest adventure of all was that they were several hours late for bed . This so inflated them that they did various dodgy things to get staying up still longer , such as demanding bandages ; but Wendy , though glorying in having them all home again safe and sound , was scandalised by the lateness of the hour , and cried , ` To bed , to bed , ' in a voice that had to be obeyed . Next day , however , she was awfully tender , and gave out bandages to every one ; and they played till bed-time at limping about and carrying their arms in slings . CHAPTER X THE HAPPY HOME One important result of the brush on the lagoon was that it made the redskins their friends . Peter had saved Tiger Lily from a dreadful fate , and now there was nothing she and her braves would not do for him . All night they sat above , keeping watch over the home under the ground and awaiting the big attack by the pirates which obviously could not be much longer delayed . Even by day they hung about , smoking the pipe of peace , and looking almost as if they wanted tit-bits to eat .
They called XXXXX the Great White Father , prostrating themselves before him ; and he liked this tremendously , so that it was not really good for him .
Lily Peter airing barque gulls hours lateness night redskins watertight