Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him , and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness . `` Mother , do n't pamper him , '' he called after her . `` Michael , when I was your age I took medicine without a murmur . I said , ` Thank you , kind parents , for giving me bottles to make me well . ' '' He really thought this was true , and Wendy , who was now in her night-gown , believed it also , and she said , to encourage Michael , `` That medicine you sometimes take , father , is much nastier , is n't it ? '' `` Ever so much nastier , '' Mr. Darling said bravely , `` and I would take it now as an example to you , Michael , if I had n't lost the bottle . '' He had not exactly lost it ; he had climbed in the dead of night to the top of the wardrobe and hidden it there . What he did not know was that the faithful Liza had found it , and put it back on his wash-stand . `` I know where it is , father , '' Wendy cried , always glad to be of service . `` I 'll bring it , '' and she was off before he could stop her . Immediately his spirits sank in the strangest way . `` John , '' he said , shuddering , `` it 's most beastly stuff . It 's that nasty , sticky , sweet kind . '' `` It will soon be over , father , '' John said cheerily , and then in rushed Wendy with the medicine in a glass . `` I have been as quick as I could , '' she panted . `` You have been wonderfully quick , '' her father retorted , with a vindictive politeness that was quite thrown away upon her . `` Michael first , '' he said doggedly . `` Father first , '' said Michael , who was of a suspicious nature . `` I shall be sick , you know , '' Mr. Darling said threateningly . `` Come on , father , '' said John .
`` Hold your tongue , XXXXX , '' his father rapped out .
Darling John Liza Michael Mother Wendy first left night wash-stand