cried Starkey . `` What 's a mother ? '' asked the ignorant Smee . Wendy was so shocked that she exclaimed . `` He does n't know ! '' and always after this she felt that if you could have a pet pirate Smee would be her one . Peter pulled her beneath the water , for Hook had started up , crying , `` What was that ? '' `` I heard nothing , '' said Starkey , raising the lantern over the waters , and as the pirates looked they saw a strange sight . It was the nest I have told you of , floating on the lagoon , and the Never bird was sitting on it . `` See , '' said Hook in answer to Smee 's question , `` that is a mother . What a lesson ! The nest must have fallen into the water , but would the mother desert her eggs ? No . '' There was a break in his voice , as if for a moment he recalled innocent days when -- but he brushed away this weakness with his hook . Smee , much impressed , gazed at the bird as the nest was borne past , but the more suspicious Starkey said , `` If she is a mother , perhaps she is hanging about here to help Peter . '' Hook winced . `` Ay , '' he said , `` that is the fear that haunts me . '' He was roused from this dejection by Smee 's eager voice . `` Captain , '' said Smee , `` could we not kidnap these boys ' mother and make her our mother ? '' `` It is a princely scheme , '' cried Hook , and at once it took practical shape in his great brain .
`` We will seize the children and carry them to the boat : the boys we will make walk the plank , and XXXXX shall be our mother . ''
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