Chapter 1
PETER BREAKS THROUGHAll children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will
grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two
years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another
flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have
looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her
heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!"
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but
henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after
you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street],
and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely
lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her
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