` But why ? ' ` Why , Tink ? ' Again Tink replied , ` You silly ass . ' Peter could not understand why , but Wendy understood ; and she was just slightly disappointed when he admitted that he came to the nursery window not to see her but to listen to stories . ` You see I do n't know any stories . None of the lost boys know any stories . ' ` How perfectly awful , ' Wendy said . ` Do you know , ' Peter asked , ` why swallows build in the eaves of houses ? It is to listen to the stories . O Wendy , your mother was telling you such a lovely story . ' ` Which story was it ? ' ` About the prince who could n't find the lady who wore the glass slipper . ' ` Peter , ' said Wendy excitedly , ` that was Cinderella , and he found her , and they lived happy ever after . ' Peter was so glad that he rose from the floor , where they had been sitting , and hurried to the window . ` Where are you going ? ' she cried with misgiving . ` To tell the other boys . ' ` Do n't go , Peter , ' she entreated , ' I know such lots of stories . ' Those were her precise words , so there can be no denying that it was she who first tempted him . He came back , and there was a greedy look in his eyes now which ought to have alarmed her , but did not .
` Oh , the stories I could XXXXX to the boys ! '
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