PLEASE LISTEN TO ''LOST BOY'' BY RUTH B BEFORE READING THIS BOOK!
''Good night, Haylee.'', Mommy said before closing the door quietly. I lay in bed for another minute before jumping out of bed and racing to the windowsill. I opened the window quietly, afraid to wake up Mommy. I shut my eyes tight and wished to go to Neverland. ''Oh, please, oh please! I want to go where Peter is! Second star to the right and straight on till morning!'' I opened my eyes and saw a firefly. ''It's Tinkerbell!'' I breathed. The firefly flew off in the distance a moment later.
''But, Peter, you have to come!'' I cried out. I waited for two hours that night waiting for Peter to come and take me to Neverland. After awhile, I started to cry and I cried myself to sleep on the window seat.
THE NEXT MORNING AT SCHOOL.
''Okay, class!'', Mrs. Honey said. ''We're going to play a little game! We are going to point at the map to where your favorite place is and tell a important fact about it. Okay? Does that sound fun?'' The whole class erupted in cheers. Lucy was first. She said, ''My favorite place in the world is Australia, a fun fact is its capital is Canberra!'' She exclaimed.
My turn was next. ''It's not on the map. It only can be seen at night, of course. Second star to the right and straight on till morning.'' I frowned. ''Well, sweetness, um, what exactly is this place?'' I thought everyone knew about Peter. ''It's where Peter lives, Never Land.'' I exclaimed. The teacher looked stunned.
''Never Land isn't real!'' Dana, a big bully, sneered. ''You're a big baby for thinking it was! Even a newborn baby knows that!'' The whole entire class snickered. ''It is too!'', I objected. ''I waited for him last night and he--..'' I trailed off. Dana raised her eyebrows and laughed. ''He didn't come!'' ''That's enough, Dana. Haylee, Never Land is just a fictional place. It's not real at all. It's just a dumb fairytale for little kids. You're a big girl, okay? Pick another place.'' Mrs. Honey tried to soothe me. ''NO! YOUR WORDS DO NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO ME, OKAY? I KNOW PETER, WENDY, AND TINKERBELL IS REAL!'' I yelled. I marched out of the room and cried inside the bathroom. ''Haylee is like a mad version of Tinkerbell!'', I heard another kid exclaim.
''Maybe Never Land isn't real.'' I whispered to myself.
And ever since that day, I haven't talked about Peter ever again.
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Take Me Away, Please
AdventureHaylee Estelle has loved Peter Pan since she was a little girl. But when she found out that he'd never take her away to Neverland, she completely abandoned her love for him. But when her aunt bribes her to work as Wendy at Disneyland, she has to ac...
