` She tells me , ' he said , ` that the pirates sighted us before the darkness came , and got Long Tom out . ' ` The big gun ? ' ` Yes . And of course they must see her light , and if they guess we are near it they are sure to let fly . ' ` Wendy ! ' ` John ! ' ` Michael ! ' ` Tell her to go away at once , Peter , ' the three cried simultaneously , but he refused . ` She thinks we have lost the way , ' he replied stiffly , ` and she is rather frightened . You do n't think I would send her away all by herself when she is frightened ! ' For a moment the circle of light was broken , and something gave Peter a loving little pinch . ` Then tell her , ' Wendy begged , ` to put out her light . ' ` She ca n't put it out . That is about the only thing fairies ca n't do . It just goes out of itself when she falls asleep , same as the stars . ' ` Then tell her to sleep at once , ' John almost ordered . ` She ca n't sleep except when she 's sleepy . It is the only other thing fairies ca n't do . ' ` Seems to me , ' growled John , ` these are the only two things worth doing . ' Here he got a pinch , but not a loving one .
` If only one of us had a pocket , ' XXXXX said , ` we could carry her in it . '
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