You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.
J. M. Barrie · Peter Pan
Joy & wonder
“You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time…”
- Author
- J. M. Barrie
- Work
- Peter Pan
- Year
- 1911
- Chapter / part
- Chapter III: Come Away, Come Away!
- Length
- 32 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #16
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. J. M. Barrie died in 1937, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1911. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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