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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