WENDY: Can’t you take a hint? Buzz off!
PETER: What’s your name?
WENDY: Wendy.
PETER: That’s all? I’m Peter.
WENDY: That’s all? You’re one to talk! And I don’t know why I’m talking to you.
PETER: I could make it weird and ask you where you live.
WENDY: Yeah, that would be weird. Let’s see . . . how about a galaxy far, far away?
PETER: Fair enough. And I’ll be from an island two stars over.
WENDY: Yeah. Whatever.
PETER: I win! I am now neighbor to a book-murderer. What lead you to such violent acts
of book-icide?
WENDY: I don’t wanna talk about it.
PETER: That would qualify as obvious.
WENDY: Seriously! You’re such a jerk! Don’t you have anything better to do? Like, why
are you here anyway? You know, you’re not really supposed to be in here after hours.
PETER: Now who’s saying something? I don’t appear to be the only library-ninja. Well, I’ll
level with you. One of these books is actually mine. It’s magic and I have to get it back.
WENDY: Uh-huh. Well you look for it and then go away.
PETER: I don’t know how I’m gonna find it with the books all over the floor. I doubt if you
missed it—I assume it was you who did all this. . . .
(Gesturing towards the scattered books.)
It’s big and brown and has big gold letters on it that say “Fairy Tales”.
(Looking directly at the book in her lap.)
WENDY: Oh, yeah. Good ol’ discontented Prince Charming. Got a little too big for his
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