The Lost Boys
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Title
The Lost Boys
Is Part Of
Ornithology
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Astronomy
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Physics
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Description
After they left Neverland, Mr and Mrs Darling adopted the Lost Boys. Before they had attended school a week they saw what goats they had been not to remain on the island; but it was too late, and they settled down to being as ordinary as “you or me or Jenkins minor” (Barrie 1989: 180). It is sad to say that the power to fly gradually left them. “At first Nana tied their feet to the bedposts so that they should not fly away in the night; and one of their diversions by day was to pretend to fall off buses; but by and by they ceased to tug at their bonds in bed, and they found that they hurt themselves when they let go of the bus. In time they could not even fly after their hats. Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was they no longer believed” ( Barrie 1989: 180-181).
Creator
J.M. Barrie
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Date Created
1898
Source
Barrie, J. M. 1989. Peter Pan. New York: Penguin Books.
Resonances
J.M. Barrie
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happy thoughts
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children
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Neverland
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adoption
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ordinary
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sadness
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growing up
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birdsong
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electrocardiograph
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Chest: a botanical ecology
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medicine chest
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atrial septal defect
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ventricular septal defect
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patent ductus arteriosus
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aortic valve stenosis
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disease
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illness
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Contributor
Nina Liebenberg
