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Come Away, Come Away!

           Youordinarychildrencanneverhearit,butifyouweretohearityouwouldknowthatyouhadhearditoncebefore.

           Tinksaidthattheshadowwasinthebigbox.Shemeantthechestofdrawers,andPeterjumpedatthedrawers,scatteringtheircontentstothefloorwithbothhands,askingstossha’pencetothecrowd.Inamomenthehadrecoveredhisshadow,andinhisdelightheforgotthathehadshutTinkerBellupinthedrawer.

           Ifhethoughtatall,butIdon’tbelieveheeverthought,itwasthatheandhisshadow,whenbroughtneareachother,wouldjoinlikedropsofwater;andwhentheydidnothewasappalled.Hetriedtostickitonwithsoapfromthebathroom,butthatalsofailed.AshudderpassedthroughPeter,andhesatonthefloorandcried.

           HissobswokeWendy,andshesatupinbed.Shewasnotalarmedtoseeastrangercryingonthenurseryfloor;shewasonlypleasantlyinterested.

           ’Boy,’shesaidcourteously,’whyareyoucrying?’

           Petercouldbeexceedinglypolitealso,havinglearnedthegrandmanneratfairyceremonies,andheroseandbowedtoherbeautifully.Shewasmuchpleased,andbowedbeautifullytohimfromthebed.

           ’What’syourname?’heasked.

           ’WendyMoiraAngelaDarling,’sherepliedwithsomesatisfaction.’Whatisyourname?’

           ’PeterPan.’

           ShewasalreadysurethathemustbePeter,butitdidseemacomparativelyshortname.

           ’Isthatall?’

           ’Yes,’hesaidrathersharply.Hefeltforthefirsttimethatitwasashortishname.

           ’I’msosorry,’saidWendyMoiraAngela.

           ’Itdoesn’tmatter,’Petergulped.

           Sheaskedwherehelived.

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