`` Mark my words , '' he said , `` it is some nonsense Nana has been putting into their heads ; just the sort of idea a dog would have . Leave it alone , and it will blow over . '' But it would not blow over and soon the troublesome boy gave Mrs. Darling quite a shock . Children have the strangest adventures without being troubled by them . For instance , they may remember to mention , a week after the event happened , that when they were in the wood they had met their dead father and had a game with him . It was in this casual way that Wendy one morning made a disquieting revelation . Some leaves of a tree had been found on the nursery floor , which certainly were not there when the children went to bed , and Mrs. Darling was puzzling over them when Wendy said with a tolerant smile : `` I do believe it is that Peter again ! '' `` Whatever do you mean , Wendy ? '' `` It is so naughty of him not to wipe his feet , '' Wendy said , sighing . She was a tidy child . She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her . Unfortunately she never woke , so she did n't know how she knew , she just knew . `` What nonsense you talk , precious . No one can get into the house without knocking . '' `` I think he comes in by the window , '' she said . `` My love , it is three floors up . '' `` Were not the leaves at the foot of the window , mother ? '' It was quite true ; the leaves had been found very near the window . Mrs. Darling did not know what to think , for it all seemed so natural to Wendy that you could not dismiss it by saying she had been dreaming . `` My child , '' the mother cried , `` why did you not tell me of this before ? ''
`` I forgot , '' said XXXXX lightly .
Darling Nana Peter Wendy feet heads morning night one week