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When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as…
Quote byJ. M. Barrie · 1860–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 17.
English (original)
When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.
— J. M. Barrie
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