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 , '' 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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