Indeed they would have slept longer , but Peter tired quickly of sleeping , and soon he would cry in his captain voice , ` We get off here . ' So with occasional tiffs , but on the whole rollicking , they drew near the Neverland ; for after many moons they did reach it , and , what is more , they had been going pretty straight all the time , not perhaps so much owing to the guidance of Peter or Tink as because the island was out looking for them . It is only thus that any one may sight those magic shores . ` There it is , ' said Peter calmly . ` Where , where ? ' ` Where all the arrows are pointing . ' Indeed a million golden arrows were pointing out the island to the children , all directed by their friend the sun , who wanted them to be sure of their way before leaving them for the night . -LSB- Illustration : `` LET HIM KEEP WHO CAN '' -RSB- Wendy and John and Michael stood on tiptoe in the air to get their first sight of the island . Strange to say , they all recognised it at once , and until fear fell upon them they hailed it , not as something long dreamt of and seen at last , but as a familiar friend to whom they were returning home for the holidays . ` John , there 's the lagoon . ' ` Wendy , look at the turtles burying their eggs in the sand . ' ' I say , John , I see your flamingo with the broken leg . ' ` Look , Michael , there 's your cave . ' ` John , what 's that in the brushwood ? ' ` It 's a wolf with her whelps . Wendy , I do believe that 's your little whelp . ' ` There 's my boat , John , with her sides stove in . ' ` No , it is n't . Why , we burned your boat . ' ` That 's her , at any rate .
I XXXXX , John , I see the smoke of the redskin camp . '
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