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'That's John,' she said. 'Mother!' cried Michael. He knew her now. 'That's Michael,' she said, and she stretched out her arms for the three little selfish children they would never envelop again. THAT'S JOHN SHE SAID MOTHER CRIED MICHAEL HE KNEW HER NOW THAT'S MICHAEL SHE SAID AND SHE STRETCHED OUT HER ARMS FOR THE THREE LITTLE SELFISH CHILDREN THEY WOULD NEVER ENVELOP AGAIN
 was surely sleepy. 'Oh dear!' exclaimed Wendy, with her first real twinge of remorse, 'it was quite time we came back.' 'Let us creep in,' John suggested, 'and put our hands over her eyes.' But Wendy, who saw that they must break the joyous news more gently, had a better plan. 'Let us all slip into our beds, and be there when she comes in, just as if we had never been away.' And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry of joy, but it did not come. She saw them, but she did not believe they were there. You see, she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that she thought this was just the dream hanging around her still. She sat down in the chair by the fire, where in the old days she had nursed them. They could not understand this, and a cold fear fell upon all the three of them. 'Mother!' Wendy cried. 'That's Wendy,' she said, but still she was sure it was the dream. 'Mother! THEN ARE YOU NOT REALLY OUR MOTHER WENDY ASKED MICHAEL WHO WAS SURELY SLEEPY OH DEAR EXCLAIMED WENDY WITH HER FIRST REAL TWINGE OF REMORSE IT WAS QUITE TIME WE CAME BACK LET US CREEP IN JOHN SUGGESTED AND PUT OUR HANDS OVER OUR EYES BUT WENDY WHO SAW THAT THEY MUST BREAK THE JOYOUS NEWS MORE GENTLY HAD A BETTER PLAN LET US SLIP INTO OUR BEDS AND BE THERE WHEN SHE COMES IN JUST AS IF WE HAD NEVER BEEN AWAY AND SO WHEN MISSUS DARLING WENT BACK TO THE NIGHT NURSERY TO SEE IF HER HUSBAND WAS ASLEEP ALL THE BEDS WERE OCCUPIED THE CHILDREN WAITED FOR HER CRY OF JOY BUT IT DID NOT COME SHE SAW THEM BUT SHE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY WERE THERE YOU SEE SHE SAW THEM IN THEIR BED SO OFTEN IN HER DREAMS THAT SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST THE DREAM HANGING AROUND HER STILL SHE SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR BY THE FIRE WHERE IN THE OLD DAYS SHE HAD NURSED THEM THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AND COLD FEAR FELL UPON ALL THREE OF THEM MOTHER WENDY CRIED THAT'S WENDY SHE SAID BUT STILL SHE WAS SURE IT WAS THE DREAM MOTHER
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