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He was too far away to hear their doors shut; but every door in the coral caves where they live rings a tiny bell when it opens or closes (as in all the nicest houses on the mainland), and he heard the bells. HE WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO HEAR THEIR DOOR SHUT BUT EVERY DOOR IN THE CORAL CASE WHERE THEY LIVED RINGS A LITTLE BELL WHEN IT OPENS OR CLOSES AS IN ALL THE NICEST HOUSES ON THE MAIN LAND AND HE HEARD THE BELLS
but with a 'Good-bye, Wendy,' he pushed her from the rock; and in a few minutes she was borne out of his sight. Peter was alone on the lagoon. The rock was very small now; soon it would be submerged. Pale rays of light tiptoed across the waters; and by and by there was to be heard a sound at once the most musical and the most melancholy in the world: the mermaids calling to the moon. Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremor ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, 'To die will be an awfully big adventure.' [Illustration: "TO DIE WILL BE AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE"] CHAPTER IX THE NEVER BIRD The last sounds Peter heard before he was quite alone were the mermaids retiring one by one to their bedchambers under the sea.  CHAPTER NINE OF PETER AND WENDY BY JAY AND BARRY THIS LIBER FOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY SU CHAMBARDS THE NEFFER BIRD THE LAST SOUNDS PETER HEARD BEFORE HE WAS QUITE ALONE WERE THE MERMAIDS RETIRING ONE BY ONE TO THEIR BED CHAMBERS UNDER THE SEA
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