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Peter's Goat

fairy ring, and then her mother, who was a rather gifted lady, said—

‘My daughter; tell me, if you can,
What have you got for Peter Pan?’

To which Maimie replied—

‘I have a goat for him to ride,
Observe me cast it far and wide.’

She then flung her arms about as if she were sowing seed, and turned round three times.

Next Tony said—

‘If P. doth find it waiting here,
Wilt ne’er again make me to fear?’

And Maimie answered—

‘By dark or light I fondly swear

Never to see goats anywhere.’

She also left a letter to Peter in a likely place, explaining what she had done, and begging him to ask the fairies to turn the goat into one convenient for riding on. Well, it all happened just as she hoped, for Peter found the letter, and of course nothing could be easier for the fairies than to turn

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