about.
Wendy rushed to the window.
No, no, she cried.
It is just for spring cleaning time, Jane said, he wants me always
to do his spring cleaning.
If only I could go with you, Wendy sighed.
You see you can t fly, said Jane.
Of course in the end Wendy let them fly away together. Our last glimpse
of her shows her at the window, watching them receding into the sky
until they were as small as stars.
As you look at Wendy, you may see her hair becoming white, and her
figure little again, for all this happened long ago. Jane is now a
common grown-up, with a daughter called Margaret; and every spring
cleaning time, except when he forgets, Peter comes for Margaret and
takes her to the Neverland, where she tells him stories about himself,
to which he listens eagerly. When Margaret grows up she will have a
daughter, who is to be Peter s mother in turn; and thus it will go on,
so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
THE END
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