Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens #8

Certainly they did not pretend to be sleepy, they were sleepy; and that was the danger, for the moment they popped off, down they fell. The awful thing was that Peter thought this funny. ‘There he goes again!’ he would cry gleefully, as Michael suddenly dropped like a stone. ‘Save him, save him! cried Wendy, looking [...]

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens #7

Not so long ago. But how long ago? They were flying over the sea before this thought began to disturb Wendy seriously. John thought it was their second sea and their third night. Sometimes it was dark and sometimes light, and now they were very cold and again too warm. Did they really feel hungry at [...]

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens #6

‘I dare say it will hurt a little,’ she warned him. ‘Oh, I shan’t cry,’ said Peter, who was already of opinion that he had never cried in his life. And he clenched his teeth and did not cry; and soon his shadow was behaving properly, though still a little creased. ‘Perhaps I should have [...]

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens #5

If he thought at all, but I don’t believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water; and when they did not he was apalled. He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed. A shudder [...]

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