It was Sunday, and children were running about with their mothers in tow, and the mailmen were relaxing in their homes because of their one, rare day off that had been gifted to them on that fine summer day in July. And there was a certain group of persons, wizened from old age that had a grasp on their colt 's tooth, (1) watching the youngins gallop and hunt after each other, 'round and 'round they went- like a lost puppy chasing its tail.
And it was on this fateful Sunday morning that a certain Lily Darling had sat outside her porch, her follow-me-lads (2) hanging graciously above her breasts, teasing all of the beaus that strolled on past- but her attention was elsewhere; on her baby boy playing in the grass a few meters away. He was a …show more content…
The boy tsked at him, his tongue clicking against the roof of his mouth. “Ah– that’s what they all say.”
Daniel gulped. “Who’s ‘they?’”
“Oh you know,” the redhead smiled richly, “all of the lost boys that had wandered in these woods and never returned to their loving mothers, only to go missing for the rest of their days.”
“That’s bosh (8) and you know it,” the flaxen-haired boy claimed, his eyes widening by the minute, “Who’s the owner of such silly words?”
“Peter- The name’s Peter Pan,” Peter said, though rather blowly, (9) striking Daniel in the heart where all of his malicious intentions and bad thoughts were stored, deep down inside. And with a forced sense of politeness, Daniel introduced himself in the simplest way he thought possible.
“I’m Daniel Darling.”
“Well, it’s a pleasure to meetcha, Danny.”
Daniel scoffed, his lips curling in distaste. “’Danny?’”
Peter just smirked devilishly at him, “’Course. It’s your name, isn’t it?”
Every single nice thought Daniel had about Peter vanished in that very moment, leaving only a sad, lost child in his wake, greatly wanting his mother and for something to drink right
And it was on this fateful Sunday morning that a certain Lily Darling had sat outside her porch, her follow-me-lads (2) hanging graciously above her breasts, teasing all of the beaus that strolled on past- but her attention was elsewhere; on her baby boy playing in the grass a few meters away. He was a …show more content…
The boy tsked at him, his tongue clicking against the roof of his mouth. “Ah– that’s what they all say.”
Daniel gulped. “Who’s ‘they?’”
“Oh you know,” the redhead smiled richly, “all of the lost boys that had wandered in these woods and never returned to their loving mothers, only to go missing for the rest of their days.”
“That’s bosh (8) and you know it,” the flaxen-haired boy claimed, his eyes widening by the minute, “Who’s the owner of such silly words?”
“Peter- The name’s Peter Pan,” Peter said, though rather blowly, (9) striking Daniel in the heart where all of his malicious intentions and bad thoughts were stored, deep down inside. And with a forced sense of politeness, Daniel introduced himself in the simplest way he thought possible.
“I’m Daniel Darling.”
“Well, it’s a pleasure to meetcha, Danny.”
Daniel scoffed, his lips curling in distaste. “’Danny?’”
Peter just smirked devilishly at him, “’Course. It’s your name, isn’t it?”
Every single nice thought Daniel had about Peter vanished in that very moment, leaving only a sad, lost child in his wake, greatly wanting his mother and for something to drink right