` Do be more polite to him , ' Wendy whispered to John , when they were playing ` Follow my Leader . ' ` Then tell him to stop showing off , ' said John . When playing Follow my Leader , Peter would fly close to the water and touch each shark 's tail in passing , just as in the street you may run your finger along an iron railing . They could not follow him in this with much success , so perhaps it was rather like showing off , especially as he kept looking behind to see how many tails they missed . ` You must be nice to him , ' Wendy impressed on her brothers . ` What could we do if he were to leave us ? ' ` We could go back , ' Michael said . ` How could we ever find our way back without him ? ' ` Well , then , we could go on , ' said John . ` That is the awful thing , John . We should have to go on , for we do n't know how to stop . ' This was true ; Peter had forgotten to show them how to stop . John said that if the worst came to the worst , all they had to do was to go straight on , for the world was round , and so in time they must come back to their own window . ` And who is to get food for us , John ? ' ' 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 .
XXXXX was not with them for the moment , and they felt rather lonely up there by themselves .
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