Peter Pan and Wendy. Адаптированная книга PRE-INTERMEDIATE (A2) - страница 2

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Mr. Darling, Wendy’s father, loved Mrs. Darling very much. Many men wanted to marry her, but Mr. Darling was clever. He arrived at her house before the others and asked her first. She said yes, and they got married.

After their wedding, Mrs. Darling started drawing pictures of babies. Soon, they had three children: Wendy, John, and Michael.


When Wendy was born, Mr. Darling worried about money. He sat on the bed with Mrs. Darling and a piece of paper. He added numbers and said, «Can we afford to keep her?»

Mrs. Darling looked at him and said, «Of course we can, George!»

When John and Michael were born, it was the same. Mr. Darling worried, but in the end, they kept all three children.

The family didn’t have much money, so they couldn’t hire a regular nurse. Instead, their nurse was a big dog named Nana. Nana was very good at taking care of the children. She gave them baths, stayed by their beds at night, and walked them to school. Everyone loved Nana – except Mr. Darling. He worried that the neighbors might think it was strange to have a dog for a nurse.


Mrs. Darling loved her children very much. Every night, after they were asleep, she sat by their beds and tidied up their dreams. She looked at the thoughts in their heads, just like tidying up a messy drawer.

One night, she found a strange name in their dreams: Peter.

«Who is Peter?» she asked Wendy.

«He’s Peter Pan,» Wendy said. «He’s a boy who never grows up.»

Mrs. Darling thought Peter was just a story. But Wendy said, «No, he’s real. He comes to the nursery at night. He sits on my bed and plays music on his pipes.»

Mrs. Darling didn’t believe it at first. But one morning, she found leaves on the nursery floor. They were strange leaves – not from any tree in England.


One evening, after the children were asleep, Mrs. Darling stayed in the nursery. Nana had the night off. Mrs. Darling sat by the fire, sewing. The room was quiet, with only the soft glow of the night-lights.

As she sat, she began to feel sleepy. Her head nodded, and soon she was dreaming.

In her dream, she saw the Neverland, a magical place with islands, pirates, and fairies. Suddenly, the dream changed. She saw a boy breaking through the dream and into the nursery.

Mrs. Darling woke up. The window had blown open. A boy was standing in the middle of the room!