of course the neverlands vary a good deal. john's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which john was shooting, while michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. john lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, michael in a wigwam, wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. john had no friends, michael had friends at night, wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents, but on the whole the neverlands have a family resemblance, and if they stood still in a row you could say of them that they have each other's nose, and so forth. on these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles [simple boat]. we too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.