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To see Peter doing nothing on a stool was a great sight; he could not help looking solemn at such times, to sit still seemed to him such a comic thing to do. TO SEE PETER DOING NOTHING ON THE STOOL WAS A GREAT SIGHT HE COULD NOT HELP LOOKING SOLEMN AT SUCH TIMES TO SIT STILL SEEMED TO HIM SUCH A COMIC THING TO DO
were perfectly ridiculous, and he really came out last: a melancholy thing. Peter did not compete. For one thing he despised all mothers except Wendy, and for another he was the only boy on the island who could neither write nor spell; not the smallest word. He was above all that sort of thing. By the way, the questions were all written in the past tense. What was the colour of Mother's eyes, and so on. Wendy, you see, had been forgetting too. Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy's help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games. It consisted in pretending not to have adventures, in doing the sort of thing John and Michael had been doing all their lives: sitting on stools flinging balls in the air, pushing each other, going out for walks and coming back without having killed so much as a grizzly. COMING AT FIRST BUT HIS ANSWERS WERE PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS AND HE REALLY CAME OUT LAST A MELANCHOLY THING PETER DID NOT COMPETE FOR ONE THING HE DESPISED ALL MOTHERS EXCEPT WENDY AND FOR ANOTHER HE WAS THE ONLY BOY IN THE ISLAND WHO COULD NEITHER WRITE NOR SPELL NOT THE SMALLEST WORD HE WAS ABOVE ALL THAT SORT OF THING BY THE WAY THE QUESTIONS WERE ALL WRITTEN IN THE PAST TENSE WHAT WAS THE COLOR OF MOTHER'S EYES AND SO ON WENDY YOU SEE HAD BEEN FORGETTING TOO ADVENTURES OF COURSE AS WE SHALL SEE WERE OF DAILY OCCURRENCE BUT ABOUT THIS TIME PETER INVENTED WITH WENDY'S HELP A NEW GAME THAT FASCINATED HIM ENORMOUSLY UNTIL HE SUDDENLY HAD NO MORE INTEREST IN IT WHICH AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD WAS WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENED WITH HIS GAMES IT CONSISTED IN PRETENDING NOT TO HAVE ADVENTURES IN DOING THE SORT OF THING JOHN AND MICHAEL HAD BEEN DOING ALL THEIR LIVES SITTING ON STOOLS FLINGING BALLS IN THE AIR PUSHING EACH OTHER GOING OUT FOR WALKS AND COMING BACK WITHOUT HAVING KILLED SO MUCH AS A GRIZZLY
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