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What does it mean?
Peter addresses children in imagination, asking them to maintain their belief in magic and wonder even in the dark.
In plain terms
Peter asks children to keep believing in magic.
What can you take from it?
Belief sustains wonder and connection to imagination.

Where it applies

  • bedtime
  • encouraging children
  • believing in magic

Putting it to work

  • encourage belief
  • share stories
  • support imagination

Questions to consider

  • What do you choose to believe?
  • How does belief change things?

Another view

Belief alone cannot make magic real.

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