` Is your calabash empty , Slightly darling ? ' ` Not quite empty , mummy , ' Slightly said , after looking into an imaginary mug . ` He has n't even begun to drink his milk , ' Nibs interposed . This was telling , and Slightly seized his chance . ' I complain of Nibs , ' he cried promptly . John , however , had held up his hand first . ` Well , John ? ' ` May I sit in Peter 's chair , as he is not here ? ' ` Sit in father 's chair , John ! ' Wendy was scandalised . ` Certainly not . ' ` He is not really our father , ' John answered . ` He did n't even know how a father does till I showed him . ' This was grumbling . ` We complain of John , ' cried the twins . Tootles held up his hand . He was so much the humblest of them , indeed he was the only humble one , that Wendy was specially gentle with him . ' I do n't suppose , ' Tootles said diffidently , ` that I could be father . ' ` No , Tootles . ' Once Tootles began , which was not very often , he had a silly way of going on .
` As I ca n't be father , ' he XXXXX heavily , ' I do n't suppose , Michael , you would let me be baby ? '
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