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They chuckled, boylike, because they would be late for bed; and it was all mother Wendy's fault! When their voices died away there came cold silence over the lagoon, and then a feeble cry. 'Help, help!' THEY CHUCKLED BOYLIKE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE LATE FOR BED AND IT WAS ALL MOTHER WENDY'S FOOT WHEN THEIR VOICES DIED AWAY THERE CAME COOL SILENCE OVER THE LAGOON AND THEN A FEEBLE CRY HELP HELL
 again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter. He often met it, but he always forgot it. I suppose that was the real difference between him and all the rest. So when he met it now it was like the first time; and he could just stare, helpless. Twice the iron hand clawed him. A few minutes afterwards the other boys saw Hook in the water striking wildly for the ship; no elation on his pestilent face now, only white fear, for the crocodile was in dogged pursuit of him. On ordinary occasions the boys would have swum alongside cheering; but now they were uneasy, for they had lost both Peter and Wendy, and were scouring the lagoon for them, calling them by name. They found the dinghy and went home in it, shouting 'Peter, Wendy' as they went, but no answer came save mocking laughter from the mermaids. 'They must be swimming back or flying,' the boys concluded. They were not very anxious, they had such faith in Peter. FAIR TO HIM HE WILL LOVE YOU AGAIN BUT HE WILL NEVER AFTERWARDS BE QUITE THE SAME BOY NO ONE EVER GETS OVER THE FIRST UNFAIRNESS NO ONE EXCEPT PETER HE OFTEN MET IT BUT HE ALWAYS FORGOT IT I SUPPOSE THAT WAS THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND ALL THE REST SO WHEN HE MET IT NOW IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME AND HE COULD JUST SPARE HELPLESS TWICE THE IRON HAND CLAWED HIM A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS THE OTHER BOY SAW A HOOK IN THE WATER STRIKING WILDLY FOR THE SHIP NO ELATION ON HIS PESTILENT FACE NOW ONLY A WHITE FARE FOR THE CROCODILE WAS IN DOGGED PURSUIT OF HIM ON ORDINARY OCCASIONS THE BOYS WOULD HAVE SWUM ALONGSIDE CHEERING BUT NOW THEY WERE UNEASY FOR THEY HAD LOST BOTH PETER AND WENDY AND WERE SCOURING THE LAGOON FOR THEM CALLING THEM BY NAME THEY FOUND THE DINGHY AND WENT HOME IN IT SHOUTING PETER WETNEY AS THEY WENT BUT NO ANSWER CAME SAVE MOCKING LAUGHTER FROM THE MERMAIDS THEY MUST BE SWIMMING BACK OR FLYING THE BOYS CONCLUDED THEY WERE NOT VERY ANXIOUS THEY HAD SUCH FAITH IN PETER
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