小飞侠彼得.潘(纯英文)/床头灯英语.3000词读物

　　《床头灯英语·3000词读物（纯英文版）：小飞侠彼得·潘》：　　Their neighbors could all afford to hire nursesto take care of their children. The Darling familyhowever， could not afford a normal nurse. Insteadthey had to "hire" a different kind of nurse. TheDarlings bought a large dog named Nana， andNana was as good as a human nurse. Nana helpedto bath the children and get their clothes ready. Shewould comfort them when they had bad dreams inthe nights. She even walked with them to school inthe mornings， helping them cross the streets andcarrying an umbrella in her mouth when it rained.Every night， when Wendy， John， and Michaelwere going to bed， Nana would turn on a smallnight light， because the children were all afraid ofthe Neverland. They worried that the Neverlandwas always hiding outside and would come andcapture them if they were not careful. The childrendid not know what the Neverland was like， and eachchild had different ideas about what the people wholived there were like and about what things thathappened there. In fact， the Neverland didn't feel very scary. The children were only scared becausethey worried about losing their family and going toa world where anyt，hing could happen.Some ofthe children's dreams about the Neverlandwere similar. This was because they were all in thesame family and they had all heard the same storiesfrom their mother. Many stories talked about a boynamed Peter Pan. Peter Pan lived in Neverland withthe fairies and he could fly. Wendy especially believedin Peter Pan. Even Mrs. Darling rememberedstories about a boy named Peter Pan from when shewas a child."Peter Pan must be an old man now，" jokedMrs. Darling to Wendy."No， mom!" cried Wendy， "Peter will nevergrow up. He will always be a boy about the sameage and height as me!"Mr. Darling laughed when Wendy spoke aboutPeter Pan. He did not believe in Peter Pan or theNeverland.　　……