'Can I be Peter Pan, too,' Pete asked, one night after I had finished reading to him from that boy's adventures.
'I don't see why not,' I said. 'You nearly are already.'
'Do I need to be sprinkled with something?' he asked.
'No,' I said. 'Only if you want to fly away and leave me lonely forever.'
'You'll be lonely?'
'Incredibly so,' I told him.
Pete tilted his head to the left and then tilted his head to the right, a thing that he does when he's thinking on a matter intently.
'Just the name then,' he said, finally. 'And a jacket, perhaps, that's green.'
That sounds like a plan, Peter Pan, Peter Pan. That sounds like a plan to me.
'I don't see why not,' I said. 'You nearly are already.'
'Do I need to be sprinkled with something?' he asked.
'No,' I said. 'Only if you want to fly away and leave me lonely forever.'
'You'll be lonely?'
'Incredibly so,' I told him.
Pete tilted his head to the left and then tilted his head to the right, a thing that he does when he's thinking on a matter intently.
'Just the name then,' he said, finally. 'And a jacket, perhaps, that's green.'
That sounds like a plan, Peter Pan, Peter Pan. That sounds like a plan to me.
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