"Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eave… - J.M. Barrie

"Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories."

J.M. Barrie

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Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. He is most famous as the author of the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.

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