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The Second Star to the Right Shines in the Night for You Shines in the Night for You
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The Second Star to the Right To tell you that the dreams you plan
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Really can come true
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The Second Star to the Right Shines with a light for you So red.
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And if it's Neverland you need, this light will lead you there.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star, so we'll know where you are.
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Gleaming in the skies above, lead us to the land we dream of.
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And when our journey is true
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Each time we say goodnight
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We'll thank the little star that shines
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The second time of life
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All this has happened before and it will all happen again.
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But this time it happened in London.
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It happened on a quiet street in Bloomsbury in the home of the Darling family.
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Peter Pan chose this particular house because there were people here who believed in him.
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The boys, John and Michael, made Peter the hero of all their nursery games.
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Blast you, Peter Pan!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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It's better!
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Give up, Captain Hook!
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Give up!
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Never!
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I'll teach you to cut off me hand.
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Oh, no, John.
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It was the left hand.
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Oh, yes.
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Thank you, Wendy.
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Wendy, the eldest, not only believed she was the supreme authority on Peter Pan and all his marvellous adventures,
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but Mr. Darling thought Wendy's stories were...
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Papika!
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Oh, no, John.
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Wendy, haven't I warned you?
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Stuffing the boys' heads with a lot of silly stories.
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Oh, but they aren't.
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I say they are.
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Young lady, this is your last night in the nursery.
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But, Mother, I don't want to grow up.
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Now, dear, don't worry about it anymore tonight.
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Mrs. Darling tucked the children in and closed the nursery window.
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Oh, don't lock it, Mother.
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He might come back.
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He?
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Yes, Peter Pan.
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You see, I found something that belongs to him.
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Oh?
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And what's that?
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The shadow.
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Oh?
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Yes, of course.
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Good night, dear.
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At that very moment, Peter Pan and the pixie Tinkerbell were on the roof above the nursery.
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As soon as Mrs. Darling had left and all the children were asleep, Peter and Tink flew in through the window.
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Tink signalled to Peter that his shadow was hidden in a drawer.
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Peter grabbed it and tried to stick it on with soap.
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But the shadow jerked away.
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Peter dashed after it.
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Peter Pan!
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Oh, Peter!
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I knew you'd come back.
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I saved your shadow for you.
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Oh, you can't stick it on with soap, Peter.
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It needs sewing.
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That's the proper way to do it.
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I'm so glad you came back tonight.
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Why?
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Because I have to grow up tomorrow.
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Grow up?
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Tonight's my last night in the nursery.
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No, I won't have it.
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Come on.
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But where are we going?
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Benevolent.
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You'll never grow up there.
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Oh, Peter, it will be so wonderful.
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John, John, wake up.
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He's here.
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Huh?
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Jim, a knee.
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Oh, look, a firefly.
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A pixie.
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Amazing.
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But Peter, how do we get to Neverland?
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Fly, of course.
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Fly?
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It's easy.
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You think of a wonderful thought.
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Any happy little thoughts?
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Uh -huh.
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Like toys at Christmas, sleigh bells, snow?
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Yup.
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Watch me now.
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Here I go.
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It's easier than pie.
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He can fly.
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He can fly.
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He flew.
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Now you try.
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I'll think of a mermaid lagoon underneath a magic moon.
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I'll think I'm in a pirate's camp.
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I think I'll be an Indian brain.
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Now everybody...
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Try.
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One, two, three.
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We can fly.
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We can fly.
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We can fly.
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This won't do.
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What's the matter with you?
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All it takes is faith and trust.
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Oh, and something I forgot.
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Dust.
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Dust?
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Dust.
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Yup.
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Just a little bit of pixie dust.
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Now, think of the happiest things.
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It's the same as having wings.
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Let's all try it, just once more.
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Look, we're rising off the floor.
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Jim, I need...
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Oh, my!
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We can fly!
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You can fly!
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We can fly!
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Come on, everybody.
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Here we go!
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Off to Neverland!
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Following Peter's directions, they all sped off toward the second star to the right.
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They didn't know that
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Captain Hook and his pirates would be there to greet them when they arrived at the island. That Peter Pan.
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If I could only find his hideout, I'd trap him in his lair.
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But where is it?
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Mermaid Lagoon.
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Now we've searched that.
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We've combed Cannibal Cove.
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Here!
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No, no, no, no, that's India, Lieutenant. But wait.
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Those redskins know this island better than I do me own ship.
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Ah.
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I wonder.
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Good morning, Cap 'n.
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I've got it.
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Tiger Lily, Smee.
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Tiger Lily, Cap 'n?
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The chief's daughter.
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She'll know where
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Pan is hiding.
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But will she talk, Cap 'n?
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Oh, a little persuasion might be in order.
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Now let me see.
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E 'boiling in oil.
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E 'keel oil.
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It ain't good form, you know.
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Good form, Mr. Smee?
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But good form!
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Did Pan show good form when he did this to me?
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My, Captain, cutting your hand off was only a childish prank, you might say.
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Aye, but throwing it to that crocodile, That cursed beast liked the taste of me so well, he's followed me ever since.
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Licking his chops for the rest of me.
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He'd have had you by now, Cap 'n, if he hadn't swallowed that alarm clock.
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But now when he's about, he warns you, as you might say, with his tick -tock, tick -tock, tick -tock.
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He'd have hands ahoy.
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What?
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Far away.
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Three points off the starboard bow.
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Oh, smuggle me eyes, it is pan.
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Headed this way with some one of those scurvy brats.
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Mr. Smee, pipe up the crew.
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I see.
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Pipe up the crew.
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Pipe up the crew.
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All hands on deck.
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All hands on deck.
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Live, you swabs.
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We've got him this time, Mr. Smee.
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Yes, Captain.
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Double the powder and shorten the fuse.
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Shorten the powder and double the fuse.
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Oh, pretty sight, Mr. Smee, we'll pot them like sitting ducks.
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All right, man.
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Range 42.
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Range 42.
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Elevation 65.
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Elevation 65.
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Three degrees west.
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Three degrees west.
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Steady now.
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Steady.
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Oh, Peter, it's just as I've always dreamed it would be.
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Oh, look, John, there's Mermaid Lagoon. By Jove. And the Indian encampment.
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Oh, look.
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There's Captain Hook the pirate.
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Look out.
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What, take Wendy and the boys to the island.
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I'll stay here and draw those fire.
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Bark!
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Bark, you type fish!
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Here.
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Wendy, John, and Michael followed Tink toward the island.
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Tinkerbell.
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Not so fast!
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Please, Tinkerbell!
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We can't keep up with you!
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Tinkerbell!
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Please!
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But Tinkerbell was...
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Terribly jealous of Wendy, and she sped away, leaving the children behind.
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Tink flew ahead to Peter's hideout, Hangman's Tree, and woke the lost boys.
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She jingled in the fairy language
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that they were ordered by Peter to shoot down a terrible Wendy bird that was flying their way.
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I see it!
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Me too!
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Me too!
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Ready!
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Aim!
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Fire!
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Wendy lost her balance and toppled into the forest below.
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Suddenly, Peter appeared and caught Wendy and landed gently in front of the lost boys. And jump!
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Well, I'm certainly proud of you, you blockheads.
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I bring you a mother to tell you stories.
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A mother?
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And you shoot her down.
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Well, Tink said it was a bird.
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Tink said what?
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Well, she said you said to shoot it down.
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Tinkerbell.
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Tinkerbell.
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Tink!
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Come here.
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You're charged with high treason, Tink.
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But don't you know you might have killed her?
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Tinkerbell.
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I hereby banish you forever.
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Please, not forever.
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Well, for a week, then.
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Come on, Wendy.
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I'll show you the island.
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Oh, Peter.
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The mermaids?
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Personally, I should prefer to see the Aborigines.
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And the Indians, too.
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All right, men.
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Go out and capture a few Indians.
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John, you be the leader.
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I shall try to be worthy of my post.
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Hurt!
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Hurt!
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Following the leader, the leader, the leader.
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We're following the leader, wherever he may go.
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Tee -dum, tee -dee, a -tee -le -do -tee -dee.
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Tee -dum, tee -dee, it's part of the game we play.
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Tee -dum, tee -dee, the words are easy to say.
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Just a teedly -dum, a teedly -doh today.
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Tee -dum, tee -dee, a teedly -doh, teedum.
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The one for all, and all of us are for fun.
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We march in line and follow the other one with a teedly -doh, a teedly -doh, tee -dum.
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Following the leader, the leader, the leader, we're following the leader wherever he may go.
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We're out to fight the engines, the engines, the engines, we're out to fight the engines, because he told us so.
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Tidam, tiddy, a tiddly -daw -tiday.
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We march alone and use the words we say.
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Tidam, tiddy, a tiddly -diddly -day.
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Oh, a tiddly -dum, a tiddly -daw -tiday.
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Oh, a tiddly -dum, a tiddly -daw -tiday.
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John led the boys into a clearing where they found an Indian's footprints.
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Ah, Blackfoot tribe.
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Belongs to the Algonquin group.
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Quite savage, you know.
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Let's go get him.
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Come on, we'll get him.
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But just the opposite happened.
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The Indians, disguised as pine trees, pounced on the boys and got them instead.
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John and his scouting party were taken prisoner.
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They were dragged to the Indian camp and led before the stern -looking chief.
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For many moons, red man fight pale -faced lost boys.
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Hug, hug!
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Sometime you win.
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Sometime we win.
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Okay, Chief.
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You win this time.
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Now turn us loose.
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Turn us loose?
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You mean this is only a game?
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Sure.
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When we win, we turn them loose.
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When they win, they turn us loose.
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This time, no turn them loose.
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Huh?
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Ha ha ha!
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The Chief's a great spoofer.
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Me no spoof him.
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Where you hide
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Princess Tiger Lily?
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Uh, Tiger Lily?
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We ain't got your old princess.
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I certainly never seen her.
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Keep Big Lie.
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If Tiger Lily not back by sunset, burn him at stake.
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At the same time, on the other side of the island, Peter and Wendy spotted
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Hook and Sleeve rowing across Mermaid Lagoon.
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They've captured Tiger Lily.
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Looks like they're heading for Skull Rock.
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Come on, Wendy.
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Let's see what they're up to.
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This is me proposition.
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You tell me the hiding place of Peter Pan, and I shall set you free.
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You dog.
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Poor Tiger Lily.
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You'd better talk, my dear.
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For soon the tide will be in, and then it will be too late.
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I'll show the old codfish.
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Stay here, Wendy.
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Watch the fun.
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Peter swooped down and circled the rope.
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Why?
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It's Peter Pan.
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Come down, boy, if you have a taste for cold steel.
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Watch this, Wendy.
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Peter drew his dagger and dove at the captain.
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Hook slashed his sword at Peter as he chased him across the rocks.
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By flying backwards, Peter tricked the captain into stepping off a cliff.
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The captain found himself dangling over the water.
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Well, well.
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A codfish on a hook.
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I'll get you for this, Pan, if it's the last thing I do.
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I say, Captain, do you hear something?
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No. No!
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Captain Hook looked down to see the crocodile licking his lips directly below him.
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No!
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It's me!
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Don't look away, Captain.
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Stay right there now, sir.
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I'll save you, sir.
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Ow!
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Captain Hook jumped into the rowboat with the crocodile right behind him.
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Roll with the ship!
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Whoa!
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Peter dove into the water, scooped Tigularly up into his arms, and flew her back to the Indian village.
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The chief let all the captured boys go and thanked Peter.
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Oh, make Peter Pan keep big chief.
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You now, little flying eagle.
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Teach him, pale -faced brother, all about Red Man.
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Good.
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This should be most enlightening.
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Uh, what makes the Red Man red?
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When did he first say, uh, say, uh?
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Why does he ask you how?
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Why does he ask you how?
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Why does he ask you how?
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Once the engine didn't know all the things that he knows now.
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But the Injun, he sure learned a lot, and it's all from asking how.
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Mana, mana, ganda, mana, ganda, we translate for you.
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Mana means what mana means, and ganda means that.
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Mana, mana, ganda, mana, ganda, mana, ganda, mana, ganda.
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When did he first say, oh?
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Mana, ganda, mana, ganda, when did he first say, oh?
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Mana, mana, ganda, in the Injun book it say, when first great marriage fall.
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He gave up with heaping love when he saw his mother -in -law
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What made the Red Man red?
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What made the Red Man red?
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Let's go back a million years to the very first Indian prince
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He kissed some mane and started to blush
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We've all been blushing since The real true story of the Red Man,
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no matter what's been written or said.
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Now you know I'm the Red Man Red.
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The Indian celebration continued late into the night.
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At the same time, back aboard his ship and safe from the crocodile, Captain Hook was plotting to get even with Peter.
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He heard that Tinkerbell had been banished because she hated Wendy
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and he knew that a jealous pixie can be tricked into anything.
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Captain Hook invited Tinkerbell aboard his ship where he promised to kidnap Wendy and sail her away from Neverland forever.
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When she heard that, Tink eagerly showed him
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Peter's hideout on the map.
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Ah, Hangman's tree.
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So that's the entrance to his hiding place.
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Thank you, my dear.
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You've been most helpful.
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In a flash, Hook snatched Tinkerbell and locked her up in an empty lantern.
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On the island, Peter and the boys were singing
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and dancing their way back from the Indian village and down into their home beneath Hangman's Tree.
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Big Chief Flying Eagle greets his braves.
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Oh, Chief!
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Big Chief greets little mother.
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Ugh.
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Oh, Wendy, is that all you have to say?
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Everyone else thinks I'm wonderful.
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Especially Tiger Lily.
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Tiger Lily?
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John?
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Michael?
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Take off that wall paint and get ready for bed.
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Bed?
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Brave, no sleep.
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Go for days without sleep.
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But, boys, we're going home in the morning.
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No go home.
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Stay many moons.
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Have heap big time.
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Oh, for goodness sake.
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Please, boys, do you want to stay here and grow up like savages? Of course.
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But you can't.
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You need a mother.
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We all do.
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Aren't you our mother, Wendy?
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Why, Michael, of course not.
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Surely you haven't forgotten our real mother.
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What was she like?
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Yeah, tell us.
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Tell us, please, Wendy.
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Well, a mother, a real mother, is the most wonderful person in the world.
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She's the angel voice that bid you goodnight,
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kisses your cheek, whispers sleep tight.
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Your mother and mine
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Your mother and mine
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The helping hand that guides you along
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Whether you're right, whether you're wrong
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Your mother and my
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Your mother and my
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What makes mothers all that they are Might as well ask what makes a star
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Ask your heart to tell you her worth
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Your heart will say
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Heaven's worth You are my Lord,
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O Divine, Your Mother and Mine.
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I will see my Mother.
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Yes, Michael.
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I propose we leave the home at once.
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Could I go too?
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How would he?
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All right, boys, all right.
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I'm sure Mother would be glad to have you.
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Oh, that is, if Peter doesn't mind...
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Go on.
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Go back and grow up.
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But I'm warning you, once you're grown up, you can never come back.
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Never!
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What the...
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Using the directions he had tricked out of Tinkerbell, Captain Hook and the pirates surrounded Hangman's Tree.
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As Wendy and the boys came out, the pirates silently grabbed them and carried them away to their ship.
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Once on board, Hook offered the children a chance to join the crew.
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Yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho.
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So try the life of a thief, just sample the life of a brook.
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There isn't a boy who won't enjoy a working for Captain Hook.
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The world's most famous crook.
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Crook, crook, trickity, crockity, trickity, crook.
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The crock is after, Captain.
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A special offer for today, I'll tell you what I'll do.
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All those who sign without delay will get a free tattoo.
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Why, it's like money in the bank.
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Come on, join up and I'll be frank.
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Unless you do, you'll walk the plank.
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The choice is up to you.
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The choice is up to you.
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Yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho, yo -ho.
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You'll love the life of a thief.
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You'll relish the life of a crook.
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There's barrels of fun for everyone, and you'll get treasures by the ton.
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So come and sign the book.
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Join up with Captain Hook.
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I'm not going to die.
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Boy!
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Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?
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But Captain Hook is most insistent when they...
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Yeah.
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He says we'll walk the plank if we don't.
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Oh, no, we won't.
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Peter Pan will save us.
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Peter Pan will save them, Smeak.
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What a thousand pardons, my dear.
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I don't believe you are in on our little joke.
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You see, we left a present for Peter.
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Sort of a surprise.
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package you might say.
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Why I can see our little friend at this very moment reading the tender inscription.
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To Peter with love from Wendy.
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Do not open till six o 'clock.
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Huh I wonder what's in it.
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Could he but see within the package he would find an ingenious little device.
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Set so that when the clock is like this, Peter Pear will be blasted out of Neverland forever.
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Tinkerbell, desperate to save
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Peter, knocked over her lantern prism, breaking the glass and escaping.
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Tink flew as fast as she could and sped into Hangman's Tree just a few seconds before 6 o 'clock.
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Hey, Tink.
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Look at Wendy left.
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Hey, stop that.
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Stop it.
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What's the matter with you?
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Huh?
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A bomb?
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Don't be ridiculous.
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Tinkerbell grabbed the box away from Peter.
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Hook.
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It was a bomb.
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Why, if it hadn't been for Tinker...
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Tinkerbell! Where are you, Tink?
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Tink?
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Tinkerbell!
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Tink, are you all right?
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Wendy?
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The boys?
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But I've got to save you first.
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Hold on, Tink, hold on.
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Don't you understand, Tink?
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You mean more to me than anything in this whole world.
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Peter feverishly dug through the rubble to rescue Tinkerbell.
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Meanwhile, on the pirate ship, everyone believed that the bomb had destroyed Peter.
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And now, which will it be?
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The pen or the plan?
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Captain Hook, we will never join your crew.
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As you wish.
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Ladies first, me dear.
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Get along, me dear.
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Don't give us no trouble.
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Go on, go on.
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Get it over with.
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Move along.
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Wendy, Wendy.
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Captain, no splash.
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Not a sound.
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Not a blooming ripple.
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It's a jinx.
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That's what it is.
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The ship's bewitched.
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No splash, Captain.
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Sir, you want a splash, Mr. Starkey.
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I'll give you a splash.
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Who's next?
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You're next, Hook.
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This time you've gone too far. And Randy.
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It can't be.
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It's his blinking ghost what's talking.
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Say your prayers, Hook.
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I'll show you this ghost has blood in his veins.
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I'll run him through.
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Hook.
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Hook swung his sword wildly at Peter.
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Again and again, Peter dodged the blows or blocked them with his dagger.
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Then he flew past
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Hook, cut the boys loose from the mast and flew up to the yardarm.
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Come on, everybody.
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Hurry, Michael, hurry!
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Don't stand there, you belled rats!
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Get those caviar rats!
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Wendy and the boys scurried into the crow's necks as the pirates climbed up the rigging after them.
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Don't drop fire.
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Steady, men.
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Steady.
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Climb up with the pirates!
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Fire!
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A garage of rocks and clubs rained down on the pirates, knocking them overboard.
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Fly, fly, fly, you coward!
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Coward?
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Me?
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You wouldn't dare fight old
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Hook man to man.
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You'd fly away like a cowardly sparrow.
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Nobody calls Pan a coward and lives.
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I'll fight you man to man with one hand behind my back.
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You mean you won't fly?
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No, no, Peter.
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It's a trick.
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I give my word, Hook.
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Good.
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Then let's have at it.
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The captain climbed onto the yardarm.
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Peter drew his dagger and lunged at Hook.
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The captain brought
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Peter's blow with his sword.
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Then the crafty old pirate knocked
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Pan off balance and disarmed him.
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Peter was trapped.
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No!
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Insult you.
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Prepare to die!
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Fly, Peter!
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Fly!
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No!
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I gave my word.
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Quickly, Peter jumped up, pulled the pilot flag down over Hook, and stole the captain's sword.
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You're mine!
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You wouldn't do old
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Hook in now, would you lad?
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I'll go away forever.
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I'll do anything you say.
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Well, all right.
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If you say you're a codfish.
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I'm a codfish.
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Louder!
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I'm a codfish!
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Hooray!
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All right, Puck.
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You're free to go.
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And never return.
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Puck and his men rode out to sea with the crocodile in close pursuit, never to be seen again.
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We're going home!
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All right, you swats!
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Aloft with you!
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We're casting off!
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Heave those halyards!
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But, but, Peter!
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Oh, that is Captain Pan!
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At your service, madam.
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Could you tell me, sir, where we're sailing?
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To London, madam.
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Oh, Peter!
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Michael!
606
John!
607
We're going home!
608
Man the capstone!
609
Voice anchor!
610
Pixie dust!
611
Tinkerbell dashed about, sprinkling pixie dust, and the mighty pirate ship magically rose out of the water.
612
Peter sailed Wendy, John and Michael back to their home in London.
613
Wendy and the parents watched from the nursery window as Peter, Tink and the lost boys,
614
who decided not to grow up after all, flew back towards Neverland.
615
Oh, Mother, he really is wonderful, isn't he?
616
See how well he sails the ship.
617
You know, I have the strangest feeling that I've seen that ship before.
618
A long time ago, when I was very young.
619
There's a smile in your heart
620
There's no better time to start
621
Think of all the joy you'll find
622
When you leave the world behind
623
And bid your cares goodbye
624
You can fly
625
You can fly
626
You can fly Yeah.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Peter, Wendy, hook, captain, boy. This video has 626 sentences and 3676 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:24. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hook noun | /hʊk/ | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. |
| pirate noun | /ˈpaɪɹət/ | A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns. |
| dust noun | /dʌst/ | Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber… |
| nursery noun | /ˈnɝsəɹi/ | Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children. |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| sword noun | /soɹd/ | A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack. |
| steady adjective | /ˈstɪdi/ | Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. |
| shine verb | /ʃaɪn/ | To emit or reflect light so as to glow. |
| splash verb | /splæʃ/ | To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. |
| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| pipe noun | /ˈpaɪp/ | A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| cut off verb | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | To remove by cutting. |
| get along verb | To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Wendy, haven't I warned you?
- What's the matter with you?
- Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?
- You mean you won't fly?
- Could you tell me, sir, where we're sailing?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has happened · we've searched · We've combed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was hidden · were ordered · were taken |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who sign · now, which will |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might come · might be · might say |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 114 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thief /ˈθiːf/, worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shine /ʃaɪn/, splash /splæʃ/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, dash /ˈdæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, proposition /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hook, pirate, dust.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.