Strong man though he was , there is no doubt that he had behaved rather foolishly over the medicine . If he had a weakness , it was for thinking that all his life he had taken medicine boldly ; and so now , when Michael dodged the spoon in Nana 's mouth , he had said reprovingly , ` Be a man , Michael . ' ` Wo n't ; wo n't , ' Michael cried naughtily . Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him , and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness . ` Mother , do n't pamper him , ' he called after her . ` Michael , when I was your age I took medicine without a murmur . I said `` Thank you , kind parents , for giving me bottles to make me well . '' ' He really thought this was true , and Wendy , who was now in her night-gown , believed it also , and she said , to encourage Michael , ` That medicine you sometimes take , father , is much nastier , is n't it ? ' ` Ever so much nastier , ` Mr. Darling said bravely , ` and I would take it now as an example to you , Michael , if I had n't lost the bottle . ' He had not exactly lost it ; he had climbed in the dead of night to the top of the wardrobe and hidden it there . What he did not know was that the faithful Liza had found it , and put it back on his wash-stand . ' I know where it is , father , ' Wendy cried , always glad to be of service . ` I 'll bring it , ' and she was off before he could stop her . Immediately his spirits sank in the strangest way . ` John , ' he said , shuddering , ` it 's most beastly stuff . It 's that nasty , sticky , sweet kind . ' ` It will soon be over , father , ' John said cheerily , and then in rushed Wendy with the medicine in a glass . ' I have been as quick as I could , ' she panted . ` You have been wonderfully quick , ' her father retorted , with a vindictive politeness that was quite thrown away upon her . ` Michael first , ' he said doggedly .
` Father XXXXX , ' said Michael , who was of a suspicious nature . '
Darling John Liza Michael Mother Wendy first left night wash-stand