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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. PETE 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
ght as a kiss, and stayed there, as if saying timidly, 'Can I be of any use?' It was the tail of a kite, which Michael had made some days before. It had torn itself out of his hand and floated away. 'Michael's kite,' Peter said without interest, but next moment he had seized the tail, and was pulling the kite toward him. 'It lifted Michael off the ground,' he cried; 'why should it not carry you?' 'Both of us!' 'It can't lift two; Michael and Curly tried.' 'Let us draw lots,' Wendy said bravely. 'And you a lady; never.' Already he had tied the tail round her. She clung to him; she refused to go without him; 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. AS THEY SAT THUS SOMETHING BRUSHED AGAINST PETER AS LIGHT AS A KISS AND STAYED THERE AS IF SAYING TIMIDLY CAN I BE OF ANY USE IT WAS THE TAIL OF A KITE WHICH MICHAEL HAD MADE SOME DAYS BEFORE IT HAD TORN ITSELF OUT OF HIS HAND AND FLOATED AWAY MICHAEL'S KITE PETER SAID WITHOUT INTEREST BUT NEXT MOMENT HE HAD SEIZED THE TAIL AND WAS PULLING THE KITE TOWARD HIM IT LIFTED MICHAEL OFF THE GROUND HE CRIED WHY SHOULD IT NOT CARRY YOU BOTH OF US IT CAN'T LIVE TOO MICHAEL AND CURLY TRIED LET US DRAW LOTS WENDY SAID BRAVELY AND YOU A LADY NEVER ALREADY HE HAD TIED THE TAIL ROUND HER SHE CLUNG TO HIM SHE REFUSED TO GO WITHOUT HIM BUT WITH A GOOD BY 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 WATER 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
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