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'Boy,' she said courteously, 'why are you crying?' Peter could be exceedingly polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully. She was much pleased, and bowed beautifully to him from the bed. 'What's your name?' he asked. BOY SHE SAID COURTEOUSLY WHY ARE YOU CRYING PETER COULD BE EXCEEDINGLY POLITE ALSO HAVING LEARNED THE GRAND MANNER AT VARIOUS CEREMONIES AND HE ROSE AND BOWED TO HER BEAUTIFULLY SHE WAS MUCH PLEASED AND BOWED BEAUTIFULLY TO HIM FROM THE BED WHAT'S YOUR NAME HE ASKED
' The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before. Tink said that the shadow was in the big box. She meant the chest of drawers, and Peter jumped at the drawers, scattering their contents to the floor with both hands, as kings toss ha'pence to the crowd. In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer. If he thought at all, but I don't believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water; and when they did not he was appalled. He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed. A shudder passed through Peter, and he sat on the floor and cried. His sobs woke Wendy, and she sat up in bed. She was not alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor; she was only pleasantly interested.  KNOW WHERE THEY PUT MY SHADOW THE LOVELIEST TINKLE AS OF GOLDEN BELLS ANSWERED HIM IT IS THE FAIRY LANGUAGE YOU ORDINARY CHILDREN CAN NEVER HEAR IT BUT IF YOU WERE TO HEAR IT YOU WOULD KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD IT ONCE BEFORE TINK SAID THAT A SHADOW WAS IN THE BIG BOX SHE MEANT THE CHEST OF DRAWERS AND PETER JUMPED AT THE DRAWERS SCATTERING THEIR CONTENTS TO THE FLOOR WITH BOTH HANDS AS KINGS TOSS A PENS TO THE CROWD IN A MOMENT HE HAD RECOVERED HIS SHADOW AND IN HIS DELIGHT HE FORGOT THAT HE HAD SHUT TINKER BELLA IN THE DRAWER IF HE THOUGHT AT ALL BUT I DON'T BELIEVE HE EVER THOUGHT IT WAS THAT HE AND HIS SHADOW WHEN BROUGHT NEAR EACH OTHER WOULD JOIN LIKE DROPS OF WATER AND WHEN THEY DID NOT HE WAS APPALLED HE TRIED TO STICK IT ON WITH SOAP FROM THE BATH ROOM BUT THAT ALSO FAILED A SHUDDER PASSED THROUGH PETER AND HE SAT ON THE FLOOR AND CRIED HIS SOBS WOKE WENDY AND SHE SAT UP IN BED SHE WAS NOT ALARMED TO SEE A STRANGER CRYING ON THE NURSERY FLOOR SHE WAS ONLY PLEASANTLY INTERESTED
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