'Wendy, I ran away the day I was born.’
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‘It was because I heard father and mother, he explained in a low voice, 'talking about what I was to be when I became a man. He was extraordinarily agitated now. 'I don't want ever to be a man,’ he said with passion. 'I want always to be a little boy and to have fun. So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies.’