But there was one who did not fear him : there was one prepared to enter that circle . Strangely , it was not in the water that they met . Hook rose to the rock to breathe , and at the same moment Peter scaled it on the opposite side . The rock was slippery as a ball , and they had to crawl rather than climb . Neither knew that the other was coming . Each feeling for a grip met the other 's arm : in surprise they raised their heads ; their faces were almost touching ; so they met . Some of the greatest heroes have confessed that just before they fell to they had a sinking . Had it been so with Peter at that moment I would admit it . After all , this was the only man that the Sea-Cook had feared . But Peter had no sinking , he had one feeling only , gladness ; and he gnashed his pretty teeth with joy . Quick as thought he snatched a knife from Hook 's belt and was about to drive it home , when he saw that he was higher up the rock than his foe . It would not have been fighting fair . He gave the pirate a hand to help him up . It was then that Hook bit him . Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed Peter . It made him quite helpless . He could only stare , horrified . Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly . All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness . After you have been unfair to him he will love you again , but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy .
No one ever gets over the first XXXXX ; no one except Peter .
Peter Sea-Cook circle fairness first gladness right sinking time unfairness