Strange to say , they all recognized it at once , and until fear fell upon them they hailed it , not as something long dreamt of and seen at last , but as a familiar friend to whom they were returning home for the holidays . `` John , there 's the lagoon . '' `` Wendy , look at the turtles burying their eggs in the sand . '' `` I say , John , I see your flamingo with the broken leg ! '' `` Look , Michael , there 's your cave ! '' `` John , what 's that in the brushwood ? '' `` It 's a wolf with her whelps . Wendy , I do believe that 's your little whelp ! '' `` There 's my boat , John , with her sides stove in ! '' `` No , it is n't . Why , we burned your boat . '' `` That 's her , at any rate . I say , John , I see the smoke of the redskin camp ! '' `` Where ? Show me , and I 'll tell you by the way smoke curls whether they are on the war-path . '' `` There , just across the Mysterious River . '' `` I see now . Yes , they are on the war-path right enough . '' Peter was a little annoyed with them for knowing so much , but if he wanted to lord it over them his triumph was at hand , for have I not told you that anon fear fell upon them ? It came as the arrows went , leaving the island in gloom .
In the old days at XXXXX the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime .
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