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Peter Pan J. M. Barrie Public domain text from Project Gutenberg. Peter Pan [PETER AND WENDY] by J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie] A Millennium Fulcrum Edition produced in 1991 by Duncan Research. Note that while a copyright was initially claimed for the labor involved in digitization, that copyright claim is not consistent with current copyright requirements. This text, which matches the 1911 original publication, is in the public domain in the US. Contents Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH Chapter II. THE SHADOW Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY! Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS LAGOON Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME Chapter XI. WENDY S STORY Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES? Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP Chapter XV. HOOK OR ME THIS TIME Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP 1 Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, Oh, why can t you remain like this for ever! This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14, and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny b…

Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP Page 1
Chapter I. Page 2
Chapter II. Page 10
Chapter III. Page 19
Chapter IV. Page 35
Chapter V. Page 45
Chapter VI. Page 56
Chapter VII. Page 66
Chapter VIII. Page 71
Chapter IX. Page 85
Chapter X. Page 88
Chapter XI. Page 96
Chapter XII. Page 105
Chapter XIII. Page 110
Chapter XIV. Page 118
Chapter XV. Page 125
Chapter XVI. Page 135
Chapter XVII. Page 144

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