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And so the others had to be told. 'Peter isn't coming.' Peter not coming! They gazed blankly at him, their sticks over their backs, and on each stick a bundle. Their first thought was that if Peter was not going he had probably changed his mind about letting them go. But he was far too proud for that. 'If you find your mothers,' he said darkly, 'I hope you will like them.' AND SO THE OTHERS HAD TO BE TOLD PETER ISN'T COMING PETER NOT COMING THEY GAZED BLANKLY AT HIM THEIR STICKS OVER THEIR BACKS AND ON EACH STICK A BUNDLE THEIR FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT IF PETER WAS NOT GOING HE HAD PROBABLY CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT LETTING THEM GO BUT HE WAS FAR TOO PROUD FOR THAT IF YOU FIND YOUR MOTHERS HE SAID DARKLY I HOPE YOU WILL LIKE THEM
 much. Of course it was only water, but it was out of a calabash, and she always shook the calabash and counted the drops, which gave it a certain medicinal quality. On this occasion, however, she did not give Peter his draught, for just as she had prepared it, she saw a look on his face that made her heart sink. 'Get your things, Peter,' she cried, shaking. 'No,' he answered, pretending indifference, 'I am not going with you, Wendy.' 'Yes, Peter.' 'No.' To show that her departure would leave him unmoved, he skipped up and down the room, playing gaily on his heartless pipes. She had to run about after him, though it was rather undignified. 'To find your mother,' she coaxed. Now, if Peter had ever quite had a mother, he no longer missed her. He could do very well without one. He had thought them out, and remembered only their bad points. 'No, no,' he told Wendy decisively; 'perhaps she would say I was old, and I just want always to be a little boy and to have fun.' 'But, Peter----' 'No. FORE YOU GO SHE LOVED TO GIVE THEM MEDICINE AND UNDOUBTEDLY GAVE THEM TOO MUCH OF COURSE IT WAS ONLY WATER BUT IT WAS OUT OF A CALABASH AND SHE ALWAYS SHOOK THE CALABASH AND COUNTED THE DROPS WHICH GAVE IT A VERY MEDICINAL QUALITY ON THIS OCCASION HOWEVER SHE DID NOT GIVE PETER HIS DRAUGHT FOR JUST AS SHE PREPARED IT SHE SAW A LOOK IN HIS FACE THAT MADE HER HEART SINK GET YOUR THINGS PETER SHE CRIED SHAKING NO HE ANSWERED PRETENDING INDIFFERENCE I'M NOT GOING WITH YOU WENDY YES PETER NO TO SHOW THAT HER DEPARTURE WOULD LEAVE HIM UNMOVED HE SKIPPED UP AND DOWN THE ROOM PLAYING GAILY ON HIS HEARTLESS PIPES SHE HAD TO RUN ABOUT AFTER HIM THOUGH IT WAS RATHER UNDIGNIFIED TO FIND YOUR MOTHER SHE COAXED NOW IF PETER HAD EVER QUITE HAD A MOTHER HE NO LONGER MISSED HER HE COULD DO VERY WELL WITHOUT ONE HE HAD THOUGHT THEM OUT AND REMEMBERED ONLY THEIR BAD POINTS NO NO HE TOLD WENDY DECISIVELY PERHAPS SHE WOULD SAY I WAS OLD AND I JUST WANT ALWAYS TO BE A LITTLE BOY AND TO HAVE FUN BUT PETER NO
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