` He sighs , ' said Smee . ` He sighs again , ' said Starkey . ` And yet a third time he sighs , ' said Smee . ` What 's up , captain ? ' Then at last he spoke passionately . ` The game 's up , ' he cried , ` those boys have found a mother . ' Affrighted though she was , Wendy swelled with pride . ' O evil day , ' 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 .
XXXXX , 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 . '
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