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'All right,' Peter replied with a bitter smile; and immediately they rushed to get their things. 'And now, Peter,' Wendy said, thinking she had put everything right, 'I am going to give you your medicine before you go.' She loved to give them medicine, and undoubtedly gave them too much. Of course it was only water, but it was out of a calabash, and she always shook the calabash and counted the drops, which gave it a certain medicinal quality. ALL RIGHT PETER REPLIED WITH A BITTER SMILE AND IMMEDIATELY THEY RUSHED TO GET THEIR THINGS AND NOW PETER WENDY SAT THINKING SHE HAD PUT EVERYTHING RIGHT I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR MEDICINE BEFORE YOU GO SHE LOVED TO GIVE THEM MEDICINE AND UNDOUBTEDLY GAVE THEM TOO MUCH OF COURSE IT WAS ONLY WATER BUT IT WAS OUT OF A CALABASH AND SHE ALWAYS SHOOK THE CALABASH AND COUNTED THE DROPS WHICH GAVE IT A VERY MEDICINAL QUALITY
rney. By this time they were dejected, not merely because they were about to lose her, but also because they felt that she was going off to something nice to which they had not been invited. Novelty was beckoning to them as usual. Crediting them with a nobler feeling Wendy melted. 'Dear ones,' she said, 'if you will all come with me I feel almost sure I can get my father and mother to adopt you.' The invitation was meant specially for Peter; but each of the boys was thinking exclusively of himself, and at once they jumped with joy. 'But won't they think us rather a handful?' Nibs asked in the middle of his jump. 'Oh no,' said Wendy, rapidly thinking it out, 'it will only mean having a few beds in the drawing-room; they can be hidden behind screens on first Thursdays.' 'Peter, can we go?' they all cried imploringly. They took it for granted that if they went he would go also, but really they scarcely cared. Thus children are ever ready, when novelty knocks, to desert their dearest ones. ED WITH JOHN AND MICHAEL FOR THE JOURNEY BY THIS TIME THEY WERE DEJECTED NOT MERELY BECAUSE THEY WERE ABOUT TO LOSE HER BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT SHE WAS GOING OFF TO SOMETHING NICE TO WHICH THEY HAD NOT BEEN INVITED NOVELTY WAS BECKONING TO THEM AS USUAL CREDITING THEM WITH A NOBLER FEELING WENDY MELTED DEAR ONES SHE SAID IF YOU WILL ALL COME WITH ME I FEEL ALMOST SURE I CAN GET MY FATHER AND MOTHER TO ADOPT YOU THE INVITATION WAS MEANT SPECIALLY FOR PETER BUT EACH OF THE BOYS WAS THINKING EXCLUSIVELY OF THEMSELVES AND AT ONCE THEY JUMPED WITH JOY BUT WON'T THEY THINK US RATHER A HANDFUL NIBS ASKED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS JUMP OH NO SAID WENDY RAPIDLY THINKING IT OUT IT WILL ONLY MEAN HAVING A FEW BEDS IN THE DRAWING ROOM THEY CAN BE HIDDEN BEHIND SCREENS ON FIRST THURSDAYS PETER CAN WE GO THEY ALL CRIED IMPLORINGLY THEY TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT IF THEY WENT HE WOULD GO ALSO BUT REALLY THEY SCARCELY CARED THUS CHILDREN ARE EVER READY WHEN NOVELTY KNOCKS TO DESERT THEIR DEAREST ONES
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