Chapter 2
The shadow and the fatal Friday
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1 Nana hurls herself across the nursery as the barefoot boy crouches on the sill
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2 Nana proudly holds the boy's torn-off shadow in her jaws as Mrs. Darling stares
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3 A week after the shadow, the night-nursery stands emptied of children, its beds tidy and untouched.
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4 Mrs. Darling calmly ties her husband's tie as Wendy, John and Michael watch
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5 Clutching his medicine, a teary father protests it isn't fair as his daughter looks up
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6 Michael gulps his medicine, eyes shut, as his father slides his own glass behind his hip
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7 In close-up, Nana, the Darlings' Newfoundland nurse, looks up at Mr. Darling
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8 Puffed up with false courage, Mr. Darling waves Nana away as the children weep behind
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9 Nana, tied to a post in the back-yard, watches Mr. Darling walk away in shame
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10 In the dim night-nursery, Michael hugs his mother and tells her he is glad of her
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11 Above the sleeping Darling house, the smallest star flares brighter than all the rest
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