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Again came that ringing crow, and Peter dropped in front of them. Greeting, boys, he cried, and mechanically they saluted, and then again was silence. He frowned. I am back, he said hotly, why do you not cheer?

James M. Barrie

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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
Journalist
Librettist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
the United States of America
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Back
Cheer
Hotly
Cried
Mechanically
Peter
Greeting
Fronts
Ringing
Front
Frowned
Silence
Greetings
Boys
Crow
Came
Dropped
Saluted

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