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It was something for Michael, who on his birthday was getting into shirts. The fire was warm, however, and the nursery dimly lit by three night lights, and presently the sewing lay on Mrs. Darling's lap. Then her head nodded, oh, so gracefully. She was asleep. IT WAS SOMETHING FOR MICHAEL WHO ON HIS BIRTHDAY WAS GETTING INTO SHIRTS THE FIRE WAS WARM HOWEVER AND THE NURSERY DIMLY LIT BY THREE NIGHT LIGHTS AND PRESENTLY THE SEWING LAY ON MISSUS DARLING'S LAP THEN HER HEAD NODDED OH SO GRACEFULLY SHE WAS ASLEEP
. But, on the other hand, there were the leaves. Mrs. Darling examined them carefully; they were skeleton leaves, but she was sure they did not come from any tree that grew in England. She crawled about the floor, peering at it with a candle for marks of a strange foot. She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls. She let down a tape from the window to the pavement, and it was a sheer drop of thirty feet, without so much as a spout to climb up by. Certainly Wendy had been dreaming. But Wendy had not been dreaming, as the very next night showed, the night on which the extraordinary adventures of these children may be said to have begun. On the night we speak of all the children were once more in bed. It happened to be Nana's evening off, and Mrs. Darling had bathed them and sung to them till one by one they had let go her hand and slid away into the land of sleep. All were looking so safe and cosy that she smiled at her fears now and sat down tranquilly by the fire to sew.  BEEN DREAMING BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WERE THE LEAVES MISSUS DARLING EXAMINED THEM CAREFULLY THERE WERE SKELETON LEAVES BUT SHE WAS SURE THEY DID NOT COME FROM ANY TREE THAT GREW IN ENGLAND SHE CRAWLED ABOUT THE FLOOR PEERING AT IT WITH A CANDLE FOR MARKS OF HER STRANGE FOOT SHE RATTLED THE POKER UP THE CHIMNEY AND TAPPED THE WALLS SHE LET DOWN A TAPE FROM THE WINDOW TO THE PAVEMENT AND IT WAS A SHEER DROP OF THIRTY FEET WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A SPELL TO CLIMB UP BY CERTAINLY WENDY HAD BEEN DREAMING BUT WENDY HAD NOT BEEN DREAMING AS THE VERY NEXT NIGHT SHOWED THE NIGHT ON WHICH THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF THESE CHILDREN MAY BE SAID TO HAVE BEGUN ON THE NIGHT WE SPEAK OF ALL THE CHILDREN WERE ONCE MORE IN BED IT HAPPENED TO BE NANA'S EVENING OFF AND MISSUS DARLING HAD BATHED THEM AND SUNK TO THEM TILL ONE BY ONE THEY HAD LET GO HER HAND AND SLID AWAY INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP ALL WERE LOOKING SO SAFE AND COZY THAT SHE SMILED AT HER FEARS NOW AND SAT DOWN TRANQUILLY BY THE FIRE TO SEW
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