And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep , all the beds were occupied . The children waited for her cry of joy , but it did not come . She saw them , but she did not believe they were there . You see , she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that she thought this was just the dream hanging around her still . She sat down in the chair by the fire , where in the old days she had nursed them . They could not understand this , and a cold fear fell upon all the three of them . ` Mother ! ' Wendy cried . ` That 's Wendy , ' she said , but still she was sure it was the dream . ` Mother ! ' ` That 's John , ' she said . ` Mother ! ' cried Michael . He knew her now . ` That 's Michael , ' she said , and she stretched out her arms for the three little selfish children they would never envelop again . Yes , they did , they went round Wendy and John and Michael , who had slipped out of bed and run to her . ` George , George , ' she cried when she could speak ; and Mr. Darling woke to share her bliss , and Nana came rushing in . There could not have been a lovelier sight ; but there was none to see it except a strange boy who was staring in at the window . He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know ; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be for ever barred . CHAPTER XVII WHEN WENDY GREW UP I hope you want to know what became of the other boys .
They were waiting below to give XXXXX time to explain about them ; and when they had counted five hundred they went up .
Darling George John Michael Mother Nana Wendy XVII ecstasies fire