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'You did a little,' Peter said carelessly, and continued to dance. 'A little!' she replied with hauteur; 'if I am no use I can at least withdraw'; and she sprang in the most dignified way into bed and covered her face with the blankets. YOU DID A LITTLE PETER SAID CARELESSLY AND CONTINUED TO DANCE A LITTLE SHE REPLIED WITH HAUTR IF I AM NO USE I CAN AT LEAST WITHDRAW AND SHE SPRANG IN THE MOST DIGNIFIED WAY INTO BED AND COVERED HER FACE WITH THE BLANKETS
hough he was as tall as herself; and she got out her housewife, and sewed the shadow on to Peter's foot. 'I daresay it will hurt a little,' she warned him. 'Oh, I shan't cry,' said Peter, who was already of opinion that he had never cried in his life. And he clenched his teeth and did not cry; and soon his shadow was behaving properly, though still a little creased. 'Perhaps I should have ironed it,' Wendy said thoughtfully; but Peter, boylike, was indifferent to appearances, and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee. Alas, he had already forgotten that he owed his bliss to Wendy. He thought he had attached the shadow himself. 'How clever I am,' he crowed rapturously, 'oh, the cleverness of me!' It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities. To put it with brutal frankness, there never was a cockier boy. But for the moment Wendy was shocked. 'You conceit,' she exclaimed, with frightful sarcasm; 'of course I did nothing!  SEW IT ON FOR YOU MY LITTLE MAN SHE SAID THOUGH HE WAS AS TALL AS HERSELF AND SHE GOT OUT HER HOUSEWIFE AND SEWED THE SHADOW ON TO PETER'S FOOT I DARE SAY TWILL HURT A LITTLE SHE WARNED HIM OH I SHA'N'T CRY SAID PETER WHO WAS ALREADY OF OPINIONION THAT HE HAD NEVER CRIED IN HIS LIFE AND HE CLENCHED HIS TEETH AND DID NOT CRY AND SOON HIS SHADOW WAS BEHAVING PROPERLY THOUGH STILL A LITTLE CREASED PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE IRONED IT WENDY SAID THOUGHTFULLY BUT PETER BOYLIKE WAS INDIFFERENT TO APPEARANCES AND HE WAS NOW JUMPING ABOUT IN THE WILDEST GLEE ALAS HE HAD ALREADY FORGOTTEN THAT HE OWED HIS BLISS TO WENDY HE THOUGHT HE HAD ATTACHED THE SHADOW HIMSELF HOW CLEVER I AM HE CROWED RAPTUROUSLY OH THE CLEVERNESS OF ME IT IS HUMILIATING TO HAVE TO CONFESS THAT THIS CONCEIT OF PETER WAS ONE OF HIS MOST FASCINATING QUALITIES TO PUT IT WITH BRUTAL FRANKNESS THERE NEVER WAS A COCKIER BOY BUT FOR THE MOMENT WENDY WAS SHOCKED YOU CONCEIT SHE EXCLAIMED WITH FRIGHTFUL SARCASM OF COURSE I DID NOTHING
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