Build a house?" exclaimed John."For the Wendy, " said Curly."For Wendy?" John said, aghast. "Why, she is only a girl! "" That, " explained Curly, "is why we are her servants.

J.m. Barrie
Build a house?
Build a house?
Build a house?
Build a house?
About This Quote

The misunderstanding between John and Curly came about because of the word "she". They didn't know that Wendy was a girl. Instead they thought she was a "house". At first, this might seem like nothing, but it is an important concept.

When you think of build, you might picture the act of building houses. However, when you think of build, you picture people building houses. This comes from the fact that build is a verb that means to make (something) by putting (parts) together to make (a whole).

When Wendy sat down next to Curly at the dinner table, they were both doing something very similar: they were putting something together to make something else.

Source: Peter Pan

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