When James was just six years old his older brother David died tragically in an ice-skating accident It was the day before David rsquo s fourteenth birthday In the years that followed James tried his best to console his mother Margaret who in her deep grief sometimes reminded herself that her elder son would never have to face the challenges of growing up In James Barrie rsquo s fertile imagination decades later that same idea would burgeon into inspiration for a much-loved children rsquo s story character who never aged Peter Pan Like a flower pushing its way through pavement
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