Published February 26, 2012
"But Mummy," Jane said, tugging on her mother's dress, "if Peter Pan ran away from home the day he was born, how is it that he was the same age as you, and older than the other Lost Boys?" When she saw her mother's smile, she added disappointedly, "Is it one of those things you have to take on faith?"
"I have a theory." Wendy pulled her daughter into her lap. "You see, in Neverland children can stay young forever – if they so choose. Of course Peter and the Lost Boys don't want to grow up, so they don't age in Neverland. But as you and I know, Peter likes to visit the mainland sometimes. I think that whenever he leaves Neverland, he ages while he's away. But it's so slow, over such a long time, that he doesn't notice."
Jane was awed. "How old do you think he is, really?"
"If I had to guess – Peter could be many decades old, perhaps even centuries."
