Peter Pan
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Peter Pan is a beloved fictional character, the protagonist of Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie's 1904 play, Peter Pan. He is known as the "eternal boy" who lives in the Never Land with the Lost Boys. The play begins in a London nursery where Peter, accompanied by the fairy Tinker Bell, retrieves his lost shadow. He invites Wendy and her brothers to the Never Land, an island inhabited by pirates led by Captain Hook, a crocodile, and Native American characters. After various adventures, the Darling children return home, leaving Peter to his perpetual boyhood. The character also represents an adult who refuses to grow up.123
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