But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.

She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he held out his hand expectantly.

Second to the right, and straight on till morning.' That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds, carrying maps and consulting them at windy corners, could not have sighted it with these instructions. Peter, you see, just said anything that came into his head.

The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.

Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.

The useless men are those who never change with the years.

Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live.