John Jacobs
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“Wendy, do come with me and tell [stories to] the other boys.”
Of course she was very pleased to be asked, but she said, “Oh dear, I can’t. Think of mummy! Besides, I can’t fly.”
“I’ll teach you.”
“Oh, how lovely to fly.”
“I’ll teach you how to jump on the wind’s back, and then away we go.”
“Oo!” she exclaimed rapturously.
Editorial note: Stolen without shame at all, from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. It’s what Peter would have done.
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