Four Specks Over the Sea

THE FLIGHT

Caught at the Last Moment

“Save him, save him!” cried Wendy, looking with horror at the cruel sea far below. Eventually Peter would dive through the air, and catch Michael just before he could strike the sea, and it was lovely the way he did it; but he always waited till the last moment, and you felt it was his cleverness that interested him and not the saving of human life. Also he was fond of variety, and the sport that engrossed him one moment would suddenly cease to engage him, so there was always the possibility that the next time you fell he would let you go.

We Don't Know How to Stop

“That is the awful thing, John. We should have to go on, for we don’t know how to stop.”

A Million Golden Arrows

Indeed a million golden arrows were pointing it out 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.

They Don't Want Us to Land

“They don’t want us to land,” he explained.

I Cut Off a Bit of Him

“I cut off a bit of him.”

Long Tom Fires

As if in answer to his request, the air was rent by the most tremendous crash he had ever heard. The pirates had fired Long Tom at them.

I Haven't Tried Yet

“I haven’t tried yet,” Michael whispered back.

Tink Pops Out

I don’t know whether the idea came suddenly to Tink, or whether she had planned it on the way, but she at once popped out of the hat and began to lure Wendy to her destruction.

Following Tink to Her Doom

What else could poor Wendy do? She called to Peter and John and Michael, and got only mocking echoes in reply. She did not yet know that Tink hated her with the fierce hatred of a very woman. And so, bewildered, and now staggering in her flight, she followed Tink to her doom.