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The Return Home

           

           ItwasthenthatMrs.Darlingbeganplayingagain.

           ’It’smother!’criedWendy,peeping.

           ’Soitis!’saidJohn.

           ’Thenareyounotreallyourmother,Wendy?’askedMichael,whowassurelysleepy.

           ’Ohdear!’exclaimedWendy,withherfirstrealtwingeofremorse,’itwasquitetimewecameback.’

           ’Letuscreepin,’Johnsuggested,’andputourhandsoverhereyes.’

           ButWendy,whosawthattheymustbreakthejoyousnewsmoregently,hadabetterplan.

           ’Letusallslipintoourbeds,andbetherewhenshecomesin,justasifwehadneverbeenaway.’

           AndsowhenMrs.Darlingwentbacktothenight-nurserytoseeifherhusbandwasasleep,allthebedswereoccupied.Thechildrenwaitedforhercryofjoy,butitdidnotcome.Shesawthem,butshedidnotbelievetheywerethere.Yousee,shesawthemintheirbedssoofteninherdreamsthatshethoughtthiswasjustthedreamhangingaroundherstill.

           Shesatdowninthechairbythefire,whereintheolddaysshehadnursedthem.

           Theycouldnotunderstandthis,andacoldfearfelluponallthethreeofthem.

           ’Mother!’Wendycried.

           ’That’sWendy,’shesaid,butstillshewassureitwasthedream.

           ’Mother!’

           ’That’sJohn,’shesaid.

           ’Mother!’criedMichael.Heknewhernow.

           ’That’sMichael,’shesaid,andshestretchedoutherarmsforthethreelittleselfishchildrentheywouldneverenvelopagain.Yes,theydid,theywentroundWendyandJohnandMichael,whohadslippedoutofbedandruntoher.

           ’George,George,’shecriedwhenshecouldspeak;andMr

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