He amuses them with his human ways and agrees to play the panpipes at the fairy dances. At first, Peter can only get around on foot, but he commissions the building of a child-sized thrush's nest that he can use as a boat to navigate the Gardens by way of the Serpentine, the large lake that divides Kensington Gardens from Hyde Park.Īlthough he terrifies the fairies when he first arrives, Peter quickly gains favour with them. Unfortunately, Peter now knows he cannot fly, so he is stranded in Kensington Gardens. Upon returning to the Gardens, Peter is shocked to learn from the crow Solomon Caw that he is not still a bird, but more like a human – Solomon says he is crossed between them as a "Betwixt-and-Between". Peter has complete faith in his flying abilities, so, upon hearing a discussion of his adult life, he is able to escape out of the window of his London home and return to Kensington Gardens.
Peter is a seven-day-old infant who, "like all infants", used to be part bird.
Illustration by Arthur Rackham of Peter in a bird's nest, floating under the bridge
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