The way the fairy servants do is this : The men , scores of them , climb up the trees and shake the branches , and the blossom falls like snow . Then the lady servants sweep it together by whisking their skirts until it is exactly like a tablecloth , and that is how they get their tablecloth . They have real glasses and real wine of three kinds , namely , blackthorn wine , berberris wine , and cowslip wine , and the Queen pours out , but the bottles are so heavy that she just pretends to pour out . There is bread-and-butter to begin with , of the size of a threepenny bit ; and cakes to end with , and they are so small that they have no crumbs . The fairies sit round on mushrooms , and at first they are well-behaved and always cough off the table , and so on , but after a bit they are not so well-behaved and stick their fingers into the butter , which is got from the roots of old trees , and the really horrid ones crawl over the tablecloth chasing sugar or other delicacies with their tongues . When the Queen sees them doing this she signs to the servants to wash up and put away , and then everybody adjourns to the dance , the Queen walking in front while the Lord Chamberlain walks behind her , carrying two little pots , one of which contains the juice of wallflower and the other the juice of Solomon 's Seal . Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers who fall to the ground in a fit , and Solomon 's Seal juice is for bruises . They bruise very easily , and when Peter plays faster and faster they foot it till they fall down in fits . For , as you know without my telling you , Peter Pan is the fairies ' orchestra . He sits in the middle of the ring , and they would never dream of having a smart dance nowadays without him . ` P. P. ' is written on the corner of the invitation-cards sent out by all really good families . They are grateful little people , too , and at the princess 's coming-of-age ball -LRB- they come of age on their second birthday and have a birthday every month -RRB- they gave him the wish of his heart . -LSB- Illustration : When her Majesty wants to know the time -RSB- The way it was done was this . The Queen ordered him to kneel , and then said that for playing so beautifully she would give him the wish of his heart . Then they all gathered round Peter to hear what was the wish of his heart , but for a long time he hesitated , not being certain what it was himself . ` If I chose to go back to mother , ' he asked at last , ` could you give me that wish ? ' Now this question vexed them , for were he to return to his mother they should lose his music , so the Queen tilted her nose contemptuously and said , ` Pooh ! ask for a much bigger wish than that . ' ` Is that quite a little wish ? ' he inquired .
` As little as this , ' the XXXXX answered , putting her hands near each other .
Pan Peter Queen Solomon blackthorn crumbs first month second wallflower