So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies . '' She gave him a look of the most intense admiration , and he thought it was because he had run away , but it was really because he knew fairies . Wendy had lived such a home life that to know fairies struck her as quite delightful . She poured out questions about them , to his surprise , for they were rather a nuisance to him , getting in his way and so on , and indeed he sometimes had to give them a hiding -LSB- spanking -RSB- . Still , he liked them on the whole , and he told her about the beginning of fairies . `` You see , Wendy , when the first baby laughed for the first time , its laugh broke into a thousand pieces , and they all went skipping about , and that was the beginning of fairies . '' Tedious talk this , but being a stay-at-home she liked it . `` And so , '' he went on good-naturedly , `` there ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl . '' `` Ought to be ? Is n't there ? '' `` No . You see children know such a lot now , they soon do n't believe in fairies , and every time a child says , ' I do n't believe in fairies , ' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead . '' Really , he thought they had now talked enough about fairies , and it struck him that Tinker Bell was keeping very quiet . `` I ca n't think where she has gone to , '' he said , rising , and he called Tink by name . Wendy 's heart went flutter with a sudden thrill . `` Peter , '' she cried , clutching him , `` you do n't mean to tell me that there is a fairy in this room ! '' `` She was here just now , '' he said a little impatiently . `` You do n't hear her , do you ? '' and they both listened . `` The only sound I hear , '' said Wendy , `` is like a tinkle of bells . ''
`` Well , that 's XXXXX , that 's the fairy language .
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