Paul Gauguin The Siesta

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leaping through the branches so far from her, but they had to be careful not to do it when anyone was looking; their painfully acquired witch power of separating had to stay a secret. Once she would have reveled in showing it off to all her urchin friends, and making them goggle with fear, but Will had taught her the value of silence and discretion.
She sat on the bench and.
"Yes," she said. "It's only to meet this headmistress, anyway. It's not to go to the school."
"But we will go, won't we?"
"Yes," she said, "probably." waited for Pan to come to her. He liked to surprise her, but she usually managed to see him before he reached her, and there was his shadowy form, flowing along beside the riverbank. She looked the other way and pretended she hadn't seen him, and then seized him suddenly when he leapt onto the bench."I nearly did it," he said."You'll have to get better than that. I heard you coming all the way from the gate."He sat on the back of the bench with his forepaws resting on her shoulder."What are we going to tell her?" he said