They were together in the armchair by this time , and Wendy plied him with more questions . ` If you do n't live in Kensington Gardens now -- ' ` Sometimes I do still . ' ` But where do you live mostly now ? ' ` With the lost boys . ' ` Who are they ? ' ` They are the children who fall out of their perambulators when the nurse is looking the other way . If they are not claimed in seven days they are sent far away to the Neverland to defray expenses . I 'm captain . ' ` What fun it must be ! ' ` Yes , ' said cunning Peter , ` but we are rather lonely . You see we have no female companionship . ' ` Are none of the others girls ? ' ` Oh no ; girls , you know , are much too clever to fall out of their prams . ' This flattered Wendy immensely . ' I think , ' she said , ` it is perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls ; John there just despises us . ' For reply Peter rose and kicked John out of bed , blankets and all ; one kick . This seemed to Wendy rather forward for a first meeting , and she told him with spirit that he was not captain in her house . However , John continued to sleep so placidly on the floor that she allowed him to remain there . ` And I know you meant to be kind , ' she said , relenting , ` so you may give me a kiss . ' For the moment she had forgotten his ignorance about kisses . '
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