Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.
This meal happened to be a make-believe tea, and they sat round the board guzzling in their greed; and really, what with their chatter and recriminations, the noise, as Wendy said, was positively deafening.
Would you like an adventure now, or would like to have your tea first?
I'll teach you how to jump on the wind's back, and then away we go.
If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.