Besides , I ca n't fly . ' ` I 'll teach you . ' ` Oh , how lovely to fly . ' ` I 'll teach you how to jump on the wind 's back , and then away we go . ' ` Oo ! ' she exclaimed rapturously . ` Wendy , Wendy , when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars . ' ` Oo ! ' ` And , Wendy , there are mermaids . ' ` Mermaids ! With tails ? ' ` Such long tails . ' ` Oh , ' cried Wendy , ` to see a mermaid ! ' He had become frightfully cunning . ` Wendy , ' he said , ` how we should all respect you . ' She was wriggling her body in distress . It was quite as if she were trying to remain on the nursery floor . But he had no pity for her . ` Wendy , ' he said , the sly one , ` you could tuck us in at night . ' ` Oo ! '
` None of us has ever been tucked in at XXXXX . '
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