Wendy and John had been taken aback somewhat at finding their father in the kennel . ` Surely , ' said John , like one who had lost faith in his memory , ` he used not to sleep in the kennel ? ' ` John , ' Wendy said falteringly , ` perhaps we do n't remember the old life as well as we thought we did . ' A chill fell upon them ; and serve them right . ` It is very careless of mother , ' said that young scoundrel John , ` not to be here when we come back . ' It was then that Mrs. Darling began playing again . ` It 's mother ! ' cried Wendy , peeping . ` So it is ! ' said John . ` 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 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 .
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