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Perish the thought!’ replied Jukes. ‘We have to go back and find more fairy dust. Turn round Noddler and head for Never Land.’
    No sooner were they airborne than they noticed a large area of disturbance on the surface of the sea below. The water shimmered and rippled and bubbled as if boiling. As they watched, first one, then another, and soon a whole pod of dolphins broke the surface, and rose into the sky. They cruised along like a squadron of jet planes at an air show. Twisting, turning and changing formation, they were an awesome sight. Before long they were joined by a shoal of herring, two lobsters and an octopus waving its tentacles uselessly in the air. The shoal of herring wheeled and spiralled in a circular motion making intricate patterns in the sky. They corkscrewed first one way then the other, till it seemed they would all collide. Then as one they swung upwards like a tornado.
    ‘Would you look at that,’ said Noddler quite dizzy at the spectacle. ‘I’ve never seen anything like it in me life. What is going on?’
    ‘Fairy dust, Noddler. Fairy dust is what’s going on,’ said Jukes, looking straight into the eye of a dolphin.

C HAPTER 4
Trouble on the Horizon
    Amy gripped Shelley’s arm as the pair watched a tiny green light in the distance draw closer and closer to the window. ‘Can you believe it?’ Amy whispered. ‘He’s really coming.’ Before Shelley could answer, he was there, on the window sill, smiling at them.
    ‘Peter Pan!’ both girls gasped.
    ‘That’s me. Peter Pan. At your service, girls.’ He gave an exaggerated theatrical bow. ‘Are you ready for the journey to Never Land?’
    ‘What? Journey to Never Land? Oh no. No way, Peter,’ said Amy.
    ‘We can’t do that. Never ever! That’s a crazy idea. My mum would never say yes to me going on a trip to Never Land,’ added Shelley.
    ‘But I have come all this way to get you. You have to say yes. You must come back with me,’ pleaded Peter. ‘There is no question about it.’ The boy, dressed as always from head to toe in green, stood with his feet apart and his hands on his waist in a self assured pose that indicated he was used to getting what he wanted. He was cute, in an old fashioned kind of way, with an endearing smile.
    ‘Thanks for the invitation, and thanks for coming to visit,’ replied Amy. ‘But going with you to Never Land is something else.’ She glanced at Shelley, hoping for support.
    ‘I know my Mum would never agree in a million years,’ said Shelley. ‘She hardly even lets me have a sleepover with friends. It took me ages to talk her into letting me stay at Amy’s tonight and that’s just next door.’
    Peter stamped his foot in frustration. ‘Why do you need to ask her? Your parents won’t even know you have gone. We can be in Never Land in no time at all and I promise to have you back home by morning. Just think what you could write on Facebook tomorrow.’ Peter went on persuasively. ‘Imagine what you will see in Never Land. Fairies. Mermaids. Unicorns. Dolphins that talk. Flowers that fly. Birds and insects like you have never seen before.’
    Amy screwed up her face. ‘But won’t we be in danger from the pirates? I remember you had loads of trouble from them in the story I read. What if they capture us?’
    ‘Nonsense!’ answered Peter. ‘We hardly ever see any pirates these days. After the final battle, when Hook died, they nearly all gave up pirating and found proper jobs. On the odd occasion we see a pirate they are no longer a threat. They nod and say hello. And they don’t even carry weapons now.’ Peter had his fingers crossed behind his back at this little white lie.
    ‘I’m not sure,’ said Shelley, her voice quivering with a mixture of fear and excitement. ‘I suppose it would be an adventure, but what if….’
    ‘Besides,’ said Peter, interrupting and pointing his index finger in the air as he thought of another persuasive reason. ‘You have to come because