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'Animal?' 'Yes.' 'Man?' 'No!' This answer rang out scornfully. 'Boy?' 'Yes.' 'Ordinary boy?' 'No!' 'Wonderful boy?' To Wendy's pain the answer that rang out this time was 'Yes.' ANIMAL YES MAN NO THE ANSWER RANG OUT SCORNFULLY BOY YES ORDINARY BOY NO WONDERFUL BOY TO WENDY'S PAIN THE ANSWER THAT RANG OUT THIS TIME WAS YES
ou are Hook,' he said almost humbly, 'come tell me, who am I?' 'A codfish,' replied the voice, 'only a codfish.' 'A codfish!' Hook echoed blankly; and it was then, but not till then, that his proud spirit broke. He saw his men draw back from him. 'Have we been captained all this time by a codfish!' they muttered. 'It is lowering to our pride.' They were his dogs snapping at him, but, tragic figure though he had become, he scarcely heeded them. Against such fearful evidence it was not their belief in him that he needed, it was his own. He felt his ego slipping from him. 'Don't desert me, bully,' he whispered hoarsely to it. In his dark nature there was a touch of the feminine, as in all the great pirates, and it sometimes gave him intuitions. Suddenly he tried the guessing game. 'Hook,' he called, 'have you another voice?' Now Peter could never resist a game, and he answered blithely in his own voice, 'I have.' 'And another name?' 'Ay, ay.' 'Vegetable?' asked Hook. 'No.' 'Mineral?' 'No. GAIN AND I'LL CAST ANCHOR IN YOU HOOK TRIED A MORE INGRATIATING MANNER IF YOU ARE HOOK HE SAID ALMOST HUMBLY COME TELL ME WHO AM I A CODFISH REPLIED THE VOICE ONLY A CODFISH A CODFISH HOOK ECHOED BLANKLY AND IT WAS THEN BUT NOT TILL THEN THAT HIS PROUD SPIRIT BROKE HE SAW HIS MEN DRAW BACK FROM HIM HAVE WE BEEN CAPTAINED ALL THIS TIME BY A CODFISH THEY MUTTERED IT IS LOWERING TO OUR PRIDE THEY WERE HIS DOGS SNAPPING AT HIM BUT TRAGIC FIGURE THOUGH HE HAD BECOME HE SCARCELY HEEDED THEM AGAINST SUCH FEARFUL EVIDENCE IT WAS NOT THEIR BELIEF IN HIM THAT HE NEEDED IT WAS HIS OWN HE FELT HIS EAGER SLIPPING FROM HIM DON'T DISTURB ME BULLY HE WHISPERED HOARSELY TO IT IN HIS DARK NATURE THERE WAS A TOUCH OF THE FEMININE AS IN ALL THE GREAT PIRATES AND IT SOMETIMES GAVE HIM INTUITIONS SUDDENLY HE TRIED THE GUESSING GAME HOOK HE CALLED HAVE YOU ANOTHER VOICE NOW PETER COULD NEVER RESIST A GAME AND HE ANSWERED BLITHELY IN HIS OWN VOICE I HAVE AND ANOTHER NAME I I VEGETABLE ASKED HOOK NO MINERAL NO
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