Peter Pan In Scarlet

“ Seeing that Peter did not recognize her, tears pricked behind Wendy's eyes, but she too tipped back her head. 'Don't be so silly,' she said briskly. 'You are Peter and I am Wendy, and we have come...' - she racked her brains trying to remember - 'in case you were in trouble.'

Peter looked at her, baffled. 'How "in trouble"? In a cooking pot with cannibals waiting to eat me, you mean?'
'Well, maybe not that exactly...'
'Fallen off a ship in shark-infested waters?'
'Possibly not, but...'
'Being carried through the sky by a giant mother eagle to her eyrie to feed her hungry chicks?' It was plain Peter rather liked the idea of being in trouble. It was equally plain that none of these things were happening
to him. Wendy began to feel rather foolish, which was something she never enjoyed.

'Have you been saying your prayers?' she demanded (a question every bit as scary as a sword waved in your face).
'Well, I haven't been saying anyone else's!' retorted Peter.
Then, for the first time, he looked at them properly. His sword-tip wavered and a great smile lit up his face. 'Ah. You've come back, then, have you? I thought I was dreaming you. I have dreamt you a lot, lately.' He added accusingly, 'You were much too big.' "