John said , aghast . `` Why , she is only a girl ! '' `` That , '' explained Curly , `` is why we are her servants . '' `` You ? Wendy 's servants ! '' `` Yes , '' said Peter , `` and you also . Away with them . '' The astounded brothers were dragged away to hack and hew and carry . `` Chairs and a fender -LSB- fireplace -RSB- first , '' Peter ordered . `` Then we shall build a house round them . '' `` Ay , '' said Slightly , `` that is how a house is built ; it all comes back to me . '' Peter thought of everything . `` Slightly , '' he cried , `` fetch a doctor . '' `` Ay , ay , '' said Slightly at once , and disappeared , scratching his head . But he knew Peter must be obeyed , and he returned in a moment , wearing John 's hat and looking solemn . `` Please , sir , '' said Peter , going to him , `` are you a doctor ? '' The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe , while to him make-believe and true were exactly the same thing . This sometimes troubled them , as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners . If they broke down in their make-believe he rapped them on the knuckles . `` Yes , my little man , '' Slightly anxiously replied , who had chapped knuckles .
`` Please , sir , '' Peter XXXXX , `` a lady lies very ill . ''
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