Chapter 17
When Wendy Grew Up
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1 Mr. Darling's pompous grudge dissolves into tears as he admits he wanted to be asked.
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2 Mrs. Darling reaches out to the hovering boy, who recoils as Wendy watches
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4 A year on, Wendy flies off with Peter in her too-short frock as Michael watches
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5 In the night nursery, Michael whispers to Wendy his fear that Peter may not exist
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6 The grown Wendy gazes calmly toward the nursery window with a faint, rueful smile
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7 Wendy's daughter Jane looks at the bare nursery floor where the kennel once stood
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8 Under the sheet-tent, Wendy draws back as Jane says she hears Peter's crow in her sleep
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9 Grown Wendy, by the nursery fire, looks at Peter, unchanged in the moonlight
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10 Peter shrinks from the lamp Wendy offers to raise, his arm thrown up against the light.
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11 The lamp is turned up and Peter sees that Wendy has grown.
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12 In the night-nursery, Peter sobs on the floor, his dagger fallen beside him
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13 In the old nursery, Peter crows from the bed-post while Jane circles in solemn ecstasy.
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14 Peter says good-bye and rises toward the open window, Jane floating up beside him
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15 Grown Wendy watches her daughter and Peter dwindle into the starry sky
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