The fairies are to put it high up among the tree tops where they sleep at nights . '' `` How lovely , '' cried Wendy so longingly that Mrs. Darling tightened her grip . `` I thought all the fairies were dead , '' Mrs. Darling said . `` There are always a lot of young ones , '' explained Wendy , who was now quite an authority , `` because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born , and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies . They live in nests on the tops of trees ; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls , and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are . '' `` I shall have such fun , '' said Peter , with eye on Wendy . `` It will be rather lonely in the evening , '' she said , `` sitting by the fire . '' `` I shall have Tink . '' `` Tink ca n't go a twentieth part of the way round , '' she reminded him a little tartly . `` Sneaky tell-tale ! '' Tink called out from somewhere round the corner . `` It does n't matter , '' Peter said . `` O Peter , you know it matters . '' `` Well , then , come with me to the little house . '' `` May I , mummy ? '' `` Certainly not . I have got you home again , and I mean to keep you . '' `` But he does so need a mother . '' `` So do you , my love . '' `` Oh , all right , '' Peter said , as if he had asked her from politeness merely ; but Mrs. Darling saw his mouth twitch , and she made this handsome offer : to let Wendy go to him for a week every year to do his spring cleaning .
Wendy would have preferred a more permanent arrangement ; and it seemed to her that spring would be long in coming ; but this promise sent XXXXX away quite gay again .
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