If you don t live in Kensington Gardens now
Sometimes I do still.
But where do you live mostly now?
With the lost boys.
Who are they?
They are the children who fall out of their perambulators when the
nurse is looking the other way. If they are not claimed in seven days
they are sent far away to the Neverland to defray expenses. I m
captain.
What fun it must be!
Yes, said cunning Peter, but we are rather lonely. You see we have
no female companionship.
Are none of the others girls?
Oh, no; girls, you know, are much too clever to fall out of their
prams.
This flattered Wendy immensely. I think, she said, it is perfectly
lovely the way you talk about girls; John there just despises us.
For reply Peter rose and kicked John out of bed, blankets and all; one
kick. This seemed to Wendy rather forward for a first meeting, and she
told him with spirit that he was not captain in her house. However,
John continued to sleep so placidly on the floor that she allowed him
to remain there. And I know you meant to be kind, she said,
relenting, so you may give me a kiss.
For the moment she had forgotten his ignorance about kisses. I thought
you would want it back, he said a little bitterly, and offered to
return her the thimble.
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