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Delicious. Barrie's Peter Pan reminds us, rather sharply sometimes, to view a fantastic world through the eyes of a child. All the things that are present and, more importantly, all the things that are not, sum up to the difference between a child and an adult. You, on the other hand, have written a story that views a child's world through the eyes of an adult. And all of the things that are present--the sensual view of Hook, the uncomfortable thought that something as beautiful and exciting as fallen leaves is something that indicates mortality and decay--remind adults that, contrary to Barrie's view, being adult doesn't mean no longer being able to taste being alive; it just means tastes, like Wendys, have changed. It's not what's present or absent: it's what's tasted and what's not.