Cherry Meets Peter Pan

chapter 6

Peter, Wendy and Cherry met up with the Lost Boys, John and Michael. They successfully returned Tigerlily back home where she belonged and the Chief was grateful to have her back. Peter was standing before the Indian chief with his cap removed as everyone sat and gathered together. Peter and the Chief greeted each other in Indian language. The Chief then preformed sign language.

"What's he doing, John?" Michael asked.

"He's delivering an oration in sign language." John said.

"What's he saying?" Cherry asked, pushing her glasses back.

"He's saying, Peter Pan, mighty warrior," John translated as the Chief spoke with his hands. "Saved Tigerlily, and made my people and myself, heap glad."

"What's heap glad?" Cherry asked.

"Happy," Wendy explained. "He certinately doesn't look heap glad."

"That's his way of expressing it, Wendy." Pat said in a suddenly high voice, and then cleared his throat to sound low. "Duh..."

"I make you, Peter Pan, a big chief," the Indian chief placed a large feather head dress on Peter. "You are now, 'Little Flying Eagle'."

Peter was thrilled and preformed an Indian cry as everyone cheered for him. Cherry stared at Peter with nothing but love in her eyes. She then snapped to attention nervously as Peter sat with the Indians and they all passed a peace pipe around. Tigerlily smoked the peace pipe, handed it to her father allowing him to smoke and Peter took the last smoke.

"Teach us that Peter Pan is a paleface brother to all Red men." the chief announced.

"Good," John smiled. "This should be most enlightening."

"So, what makes a red man red?" Cubby asked.

"When did he first say Ugh?" the twins asked.

"Why does he ask you 'how'?" Michael asked.

"Why does he ask you 'how'?" the chief smiled as he was about to explain with his tribe.

The Indian tribe was about to sing as they beated on their drums and they passed their peace pipe to Cherry and her cousins. Wendy pinched her nose and passed the pipe along. Michael was about to smoke, but Wendy snatched the pipe from him. John took the pipe and was about to smoke, but Cherry took it to smoke for the first time and turned as green as John's makeup and leaned over into a bush to throw up.

Indians: Hana Mana Ganda

Why does he ask you How?

Hana Mana Ganda

Hana Mana Ganda

Once the Indians didn't know the things

They know now

But their Indian

Sure learns a lot

And it's all from asking How?

Hana Mana Ganda

Hana Mana Ganda

We translate for you

Hana means what Mana means

And Granda means that too

The Indians and Lost Boys danced. Cherry watched dreamily at Peter's dancing, but then was grabbed by one of the Indian women as Wendy danced carefreeingly.

"Squawk, no dance," she told Cherry. "Squawk, get some firewood."

Cherry groaned and walked away to do as told.