`` I nipped a bit out of that eagle 's mouth pretty neatly , Wendy . '' `` After the twentieth try , '' Wendy reminded him . `` And even though we became good at picking up food , see how we bump against clouds and things if he is not near to give us a hand . '' Indeed they were constantly bumping . They could now fly strongly , though they still kicked far too much ; but if they saw a cloud in front of them , the more they tried to avoid it , the more certainly did they bump into it . If Nana had been with them , she would have had a bandage round Michael 's forehead by this time . Peter was not with them for the moment , and they felt rather lonely up there by themselves . He could go so much faster than they that he would suddenly shoot out of sight , to have some adventure in which they had no share . He would come down laughing over something fearfully funny he had been saying to a star , but he had already forgotten what it was , or he would come up with mermaid scales still sticking to him , and yet not be able to say for certain what had been happening . It was really rather irritating to children who had never seen a mermaid . `` And if he forgets them so quickly , '' Wendy argued , `` how can we expect that he will go on remembering us ? '' Indeed , sometimes when he returned he did not remember them , at least not well . Wendy was sure of it . She saw recognition come into his eyes as he was about to pass them the time of day and go on ; once even she had to call him by name . `` I 'm Wendy , '' she said agitatedly . He was very sorry . `` I say , Wendy , '' he whispered to her , `` always if you see me forgetting you , just keep on saying ` I 'm Wendy , ' and then I 'll remember . '' Of course this was rather unsatisfactory . However , to make amends he showed them how to lie out flat on a strong wind that was going their way , and this was such a pleasant change that they tried it several times and found that they could sleep thus with security . Indeed they would have slept longer , but Peter tired quickly of sleeping , and soon he would cry in his captain voice , `` We get off here . ''
So with occasional tiffs , but on the whole rollicking , they drew near the Neverland ; for after many moons they did reach it , and , what is more , they had been going pretty straight all the time , not perhaps so much owing to the guidance of XXXXX or Tink as because the island was looking for them .
Michael Nana Peter Wendy amends course day mermaid twentieth way