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Peter Pan
In a nursery in a house in a city,
a little girl called Wendy is getting ready for bed when through
her open window comes Peter Pan and his tiny fairy friend,
Tinkerbell. Their arrival wakens Wendy’s sheepdog, whose
barking sends Peter and Tinkerbell fleeing. In their rush,
Peter’s shadow is snapped off.... One
week later, Peter and Tinkerbell return to the nursery to
look for his lost shadow. Wendy, a sweet-tempered girl, offers
to sew on Peter's shadow while Tinkerbell flits around the
room in her usual mischievous manner. As she sews, Wendy listens
to Peter’s tales of his life with his friends; the Lost
Boys back home in Neverland. Peter then surprises Wendy and
her brothers, John and Michael by asking them to fly away
with him to Neverland. “But we can’t fly!”
they cry. Peter sprinkles magic dust on them and soon enough,
the children are flying through the window into the night
sky with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. As
they fly towards Neverland they discover a lagoon, and a pirate
ship ruled by Captain Hook – the fearsome pirate whose
hand was bitten off by a crocodile (who also swallowed an
alarm clock!) and then replaced it with a metal hook. The
crocodile liked the taste of the Captain’s hand and
was eager to sink his teeth into the rest of him too!  When
the Lost Boys see Wendy flying overhead in her white night-dress
they think she is a beautiful bird. Tinkerbell, who had grown
jealous of Wendy, flies ahead and orders the boys to shoot
an arrow at what they think is a bird. Wendy tumbles injured
to the ground. Peter is furious and instructs the boys to
build a house around Wendy so that she can recover in comfort.
Soon
enough, Wendy is well again and begins to take care of the
Lost Boys who quickly grow fond of her. One day, when Peter
and Wendy are swimming in the lagoon, they discover that the
pirates have captured a Princess, Tiger Lily. Desperate to
save her, Peter disguises his voice as Captain Hook’s
and tells the pirates to release the Princess. When Captain
Hook finds out what had happened he goes angrily to battle
with Peter, until he hears the sound of a clock! The crocodile!
Terrified, the Captain swims away. Eventually,
Wendy, John and Michael realise that they have got to go home.
But on their last night with the Lost Boys the pirates attack
them. A big battle breaks out and Wendy and the boys hide.
Finally the sound of a drum is heard – meaning that
the Lost Boys have won. But it is a trick! Wendy and the boys
emerge only to walk straight into the pirates’ trap.
That
night, whilst Peter Pan sleeps Tinkerbell sees Captain Hook
creep to Peter’s bedside and poison his drink. When
Peter awakes and goes to take his drink, Tinkerbell darts
in and drinks it down so that Peter doesn’t fall ill.
Poor Tinkerbell! Peter Pan told all the children who believe
in fairies to clap their hands and magically, Tinkerbell gets
better! When
Peter finds out that the Pirates, have kidnapped Wendy and
her brothers he heads to the pirate ship to save them. He
finds Wendy tied to a mast and the boys lined up to walk the
plank. Then suddenly, a ‘tick tock’ is heard!
Captain Hook runs to hide from what he thinks is the crocodile
but instead it is Peter pretending to be the alarm clock inside
the crocodile’s stomach! Amid the chaos, Peter unties
Wendy and the boys grab weapons ready to attack the pirates.
Peter Pan and Captain Hook battle face-to-face but Peter is
too quick for the Captain. Deciding to escape, Captain Hook
jumps ship – straight into the jaws of the Crocodile
– who finally gets his fill of the tasty pirate Captain!
Having
defeated the rest of the pirates, Peter Pan and the Lost Boys
take over the ship and sail Wendy, John and Michael all the
way home to bed. What an adventure! And who knows, if you
believe in Neverland perhaps one day, Peter Pan will take
you there too! The
End
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