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 as tall as herself ; and she got out her housewife , 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 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 , ' Wendy said thoughtfully ; but Peter , boylike , was indifferent to appearances , and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee . Alas , he had already forgotten that he owed his bliss to Wendy . He thought he had attached the shadow himself . ` How clever I am , ' he crowed rapturously , ` oh , the cleverness of me ! ' It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities . To put it with brutal frankness , there never was a cockier boy .
But for the moment XXXXX was shocked .
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