As Aventuras de Peter Pan The Adventures of Peter Pan Ly Versao livremente adaptada da obra de J. M. Barrie A free version of J. M. Barrie’s work FOLHA DE S.PAULOhe Darling family was... special. To begin with, the nanny for Wendy, Michael and John was a female dog named Nana. And to finish, Wendy was a friend of Peter Pan’s, a boy who appeared in her with the fairy Tinker Bell. Both of them lived in Never Land, a place where children don’t grow up. The Adventures of Peter PanNana didn’t like Peter and as soon as she sniffed that he was in the children’s bedroom, she started barking. Once, she took off , his cape with a bite and hid it. The following night, Peter returned there with Tinker Bell to get the cape back, but the two of them made so much that they woke the children up. ‘The Adventures of Peter Pan“Wow, it’s Peter Pan!” the boys said when they saw him. “Wendy, he’s just like you told us. Exactly the same!” Peter loved to know he had fans and soon they became friends. But Tinker Bell was very jealous. She wanted to be Peter’s only friend. On top of that, Wendy was so i The Adventures of Peter PanWith her magic wand, Tinker Bell threw fairy dust over the “Now, fly!” Peter asked, and all of them left through the window. The trip was wonderful: they went through clouds, played with little birds and saw-whales swimming down in the sea. When they were flying over an island, Peter announced: “We've arrived at my land!” nN The Adventures of Peter Pan *i “But we are not landing just yet,” he explained. “Down there is Captain Hook’s ship and if he sees us, he will kill us!” Hook was the cruelest and biggest coward of all the pirates. Ina with Peter he had lost his right hand, which was later eaten by a crocodile. After that, the animal kept following the pirate because it wanted to eat the rest of him. The Adventures of Peter Pan * 13“Luckily the crocodile swallowed a clock,” Hook used to tell his pirates, “so when | hear a tick-tock, | know it’s near. That beast won't leave me in peace!” Instead of his hand, the captain had a hook which he was planning B to use in order to catch Peter when he could find his ‘The Adventures of Peter PanThe children continued flying in silence until Peter told them to land between some thick . From there, they went to the Lost Boys’ tree house. It was where they had been living since Peter had found them. “We are staying here,” he explained. The Adventures of Peter Pan * 17d out that all he had to do © follow Tinker Bell's light. So one night he arrived at the tree house with his pirates at last. When he saw Peter was not there, he got furious! He then put the children in chains and took them to his ship. Meanwhile Hook had foun to find Peter Pan was t ‘The Adventures of Peter Pan aWhen Peter returned, he found Tinker Bell trapped in a glass jar. She told him what had happened and they immediately flew to save his friends. When Peter landed on the ship, he got horrified to see that Hook was about to throw the children into the sea, with their on and everything else. ‘The Adventures of Peter PanSo Peter had a brilliant idea. Hidden by his own shadow, he tip-toed along the deck tapping on the floor with a little knife, which sounded like “tick-tock, tick-tock.” When Captain Hook heard that, he thought the crocodile was on board and jumped in the sea. His pirates ran away with him, because they were also scared to death. ‘The Adventures of Peter PanPeter Pan and Tinker Bell freed their friends. They all untied the ship’s lines and slowly sailed out to the high seas. Nobody ever saw Captain Hook or his pirates in Never Land again. Some say that they were eaten by the crocodiles. Others say that the sea wizards turned them into stones. The Adventures of Peter Pan * 27The truth is that after the fright, the Darling children started missing their parents. “They must be sad,” John used to say. “Let’s go back!” “Oh no!” Peter complained. “You will grow up and become adults. And you'll forget how to play!” “No, Peter!” Wendy answered. “That'll never happen.” ‘The Adventures of Peter Pan * 29aoe an x Sa # = Fy Me <7 The children insisted so much that Peter eventually agreed to let them go home. “Tinker Bell will take you,” he said one morning. The fairy then threw her magical dust over them and instantly the children found themselves at home, hugging their and Nana, who couldn’t stop barking, full of joy! THE END ‘The Adventures of Peter Pan