`` Hullo , '' he said , `` there 's a man inside it . '' `` It 's father ! '' exclaimed Wendy . `` Let me see father , '' Michael begged eagerly , and he took a good look . `` He is not so big as the pirate I killed , '' he said with such frank disappointment that I am glad Mr. Darling was asleep ; it would have been sad if those had been the first words he heard his little Michael say . 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 -LSB- for having gone -RSB- , `` it was quite time we came back . '' `` Let us creep in , '' John suggested , `` and put our hands over her eyes . ''
But XXXXX , who saw that they must break the joyous news more gently , had a better plan .
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