Peter did not hear him . He was begging Wendy to get better quickly , so that he could show her the mermaids . Of course she could not answer yet , being still in a frightful faint ; but from overhead came a wailing note . `` Listen to Tink , '' said Curly , `` she is crying because the Wendy lives . '' Then they had to tell Peter of Tink 's crime , and almost never had they seen him look so stern . `` Listen , Tinker Bell , '' he cried , `` I am your friend no more . Begone from me for ever . '' She flew on to his shoulder and pleaded , but he brushed her off . Not until Wendy again raised her arm did he relent sufficiently to say , `` Well , not for ever , but for a whole week . '' Do you think Tinker Bell was grateful to Wendy for raising her arm ? Oh dear no , never wanted to pinch her so much . Fairies indeed are strange , and Peter , who understood them best , often cuffed -LSB- slapped -RSB- them . But what to do with Wendy in her present delicate state of health ? `` Let us carry her down into the house , '' Curly suggested . `` Ay , '' said Slightly , `` that is what one does with ladies . '' `` No , no , '' Peter said , `` you must not touch her . It would not be sufficiently respectful . '' `` That , '' said Slightly , `` is what I was thinking . '' `` But if she lies there , '' Tootles said , `` she will die . '' `` Ay , she will die , '' Slightly admitted , `` but there is no way out . ''
`` Yes , there is , '' cried XXXXX .
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