They opened their mouths , but the cheers would not come . He overlooked it in his haste to tell the glorious tidings . `` Great news , boys , '' he cried , `` I have brought at last a mother for you all . '' Still no sound , except a little thud from Tootles as he dropped on his knees . `` Have you not seen her ? '' asked Peter , becoming troubled . `` She flew this way . '' `` Ah me ! '' once voice said , and another said , `` Oh , mournful day . '' Tootles rose . `` Peter , '' he said quietly , `` I will show her to you , '' and when the others would still have hidden her he said , `` Back , twins , let Peter see . '' So they all stood back , and let him see , and after he had looked for a little time he did not know what to do next . `` She is dead , '' he said uncomfortably . `` Perhaps she is frightened at being dead . '' He thought of hopping off in a comic sort of way till he was out of sight of her , and then never going near the spot any more . They would all have been glad to follow if he had done this . But there was the arrow . He took it from her heart and faced his band . `` Whose arrow ? '' he demanded sternly .
`` Mine , Peter , '' said XXXXX on his knees .
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