Walking into the Kensington Gardens of London, Barrie encountered 3 little boys. Their names were George (age 5), Jack (age 4) and baby Peter. Barrie made up games for the boys that they all played in the park. Barrie met the boys parents and began coming over to the Davies house to play with all 5 of the brothers. Through their games, he wrote his story of Peter Pan. The father of the boys, Arthur, became the character of Mr. Darling as well as Hook. The Mother, Sylvia, became the loving Mrs. Darling. The boys names were even used as charaters in the plays. Arthur and Sylvia died young. Arthur in 1907 then Sylvia in 1910. By Sylvia's consent, Barrie would adopt the children after her death. Barrie became the keeper to 5 little brothers.
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Petri Liukkonen (author) & Ari Pesonen. Kuusankosken kaupunginkirjasto 2008 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmbarrie.htm
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