I shall pay you wages for your work , and if I die , or get into debt , you ca n't be taken away to be sold . That is all the difference . I want you all to stay with me , for I want to teach you how to live as free men and women ought . ' ` One thing more , ' added George , when the cheering and rejoicing had died away a little . ` You all remember our good old Uncle Tom . You have heard how he died , and how he sent his love to you all . It was on his grave , my friends , that I made up my mind , with God 's help , never to own another slave , if it were possible to free him . I resolved that nobody , through my fault , should ever run the risk of being parted from his dear ones , and of dying far from them , as he died . ` So , when you rejoice in your freedom , remember that you owe it to dear old Uncle Tom , and pay it back in kindness to his wife and children . Think of your freedom every time you see Uncle Tom 's Cabin ; and let it help you to try to live as he did , and be as honest and faithful and Christian as he was . ' Chapter 1 PETER BREAKS THROUGH All children , except one , grow up . They soon know that they will grow up , and the way Wendy knew was this . One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden , and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother . I suppose she must have looked rather delightful , for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried , `` Oh , why ca n't you remain like this for ever ! '' This was all that passed between them on the subject , but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up . You always know after you are two . Two is the beginning of the end . Of course they lived at 14 -LSB- their house number on their street -RSB- , and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one . She was a lovely lady , with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth . Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes , one within the other , that come from the puzzling East , however many you discover there is always one more ; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get , though there it was , perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner .
The way Mr. XXXXX won her was this : the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her , and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling , who took a cab and nipped in first , and so he got her .
Cabin Christian Darling East George PETER Tom Wendy day old