In the original novel Neverland is a place where children go in their sleep, but the story also makes clear that Peter Pan and Neverland are very real and thus possible to reach while awake. And that Wendy & her brothers were the first children to really meet Peter and get to Neverland while awake. And after that Wendy's daughter Jane, and Jane's daughter and her daughter's daughter and..."so it will go on as long as children are gay, innocent and heartless." (And why it was just the daughters is because they were Peter's mothers in turn.)
The original novel also makes clear that Neverland...
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