`` I was n't crying about mothers , '' he said rather indignantly . `` I was crying because I ca n't get my shadow to stick on . Besides , I was n't crying . '' `` It has come off ? '' `` Yes . '' Then Wendy saw the shadow on the floor , looking so draggled , and she was frightfully sorry for Peter . `` How awful ! '' she said , but she could not help smiling when she saw that he had been trying to stick it on with soap . How exactly like a boy ! Fortunately she knew at once what to do . `` It must be sewn on , '' she said , just a little patronisingly . `` What 's sewn ? '' he asked . `` You 're dreadfully ignorant . '' `` No , I 'm not . '' But she was exulting in his ignorance . `` I shall sew it on for you , my little man , '' she said , though he was tall as herself , and she got out her housewife -LSB- sewing bag -RSB- , and sewed the shadow on to Peter 's foot . `` I daresay it will hurt a little , '' she warned him . `` Oh , I sha n't cry , '' said Peter , who was already of the opinion that he had never cried in his life . And he clenched his teeth and did not cry , and soon his shadow was behaving properly , though still a little creased .
`` Perhaps I should have ironed it , '' XXXXX said thoughtfully , but Peter , boylike , was indifferent to appearances , and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee .
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