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Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie

All children grow up, except one.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Intermediate3,525 characters · ≈ 6 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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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…

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About the book

Peter Pan is a work by British writer J. M. Barrie, existing as a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy. It tells of Peter Pan, a mischievous boy who can fly, and his adventures on Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and Captain Hook. Inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family, the story opens with the line that all children grow up, except one.

About the author

Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright who was born and educated in Scotland before moving to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. Inspired by the Llewelyn Davies boys, he wrote Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End fairy play, which went on to overshadow his other work and popularise the name Wendy.

Summary prepared with AI from Wikipedia: Peter Pan (play and novel) (CC BY-SA)

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