History Literature / PeterPanInKensingtonGardens

* MasqueradeEnforcer: ''Literature/PeterPan'' has one in the form of Pilkington, who appears in ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1376/1376-h/1376-h.htm The Little White Bird, Or Adventures In Kensington Gardens]]''. He is a schoolmaster with a cane who makes Children go to school. He is described as a shade with a large cane which is described as a hook. The fear of Pilkington is what forces fairies to hide by day. Many consider Pilkington is a precursor of the more famous Captain Hook.

''Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'' is a collection of chapters first published in ''The Little White Bird'' that concern the character Franchise/PeterPan. In this story, it's revealed that all children begin life as birds until Solomon Caw sends them out to expecting mothers, where they become human children. Peter, an infant of seven days old, is still young enough that he's still half-bird and therefore has complete faith in his ability to fly. He escapes his home by flying out through the open window and arrives in Kensington Gardens. Upon realizing that he really is no longer a bird, he loses the ability to fly because once you doubt your ability to fly, you can no longer do it.

* DownerEnding: The book ends on the note that Peter occasionally finds the bodies of children who were stuck in the gardens after Lock-out Time and thus died of exposure. He buries them in the gardens.

* CargoShip: Peter asks Maimie to marry him because her furry coat reminds him of a bird's nest.

* MasqueradeEnforcer: * ''Literature/PeterPan'' has one in the form of Pilkington, who appears in ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1376/1376-h/1376-h.htm The Little White Bird, Or Adventures In Kensington Gardens]]''. He is a schoolmaster with a cane who makes Children go to school. He is described as a shade with a large cane which is described as a hook. The fear of Pilkington is what forces fairies to hide by day. Many consider Pilkington is a precursor of the more famous Captain Hook.

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''Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'' is a collection of chapters first published in ''TheLittleWhiteBird'' that concern the character Franchise/PeterPan. In this story, it's revealed that all children begin life as birds until Solomon Caw sends them out to expecting mothers, where they become human children. Peter, an infant of seven days old, is still young enough that he's still half-bird and therefore has complete faith in his ability to fly. He escapes his home by flying out through the open window and arrives in Kensington Gardens. Upon realizing that he really is no longer a bird, he loses the ability to fly because once you doubt your ability to fly, you can no longer do it.

* DownerEnding: The book ends on the note that Peter occasionally finds the bodies of children who were stuck in the gardens after Lock-out Time and thus died of exposure. He buries them in the gardens.

''Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'' is a collection of chapters first published in ''TheLittleWhiteBird'' that concern the character PeterPan. In this story, it's revealed that all children begin life as birds until Solomon Caw sends them out to expecting mothers, where they become human children. Peter, an infant of seven days old, is still young enough that he's still half-bird and therefore has complete faith in his ability to fly. He escapes his home by flying out through the open window and arrives in Kensington Gardens. Upon realizing that he really is no longer a bird, he loses the ability to fly because once you doubt your ability to fly, you can no longer do it.

This book is a sort of predecessor to PeterPan, though there are some differences. The first, obviously, is that Peter lives in Kensington Gardens, not Never Land. Secondly, he's perpetually a baby, not a child as most of us know him to be.

* CrowsAndRavens: Solomon Caw is some kind of corvid.

* SwansASwimming: There are swans in the garden.