Chapter 2
THE SHADOWMrs. Darling screamed, and, as if in answer to a bell, the door
opened, and Nana entered, returned from her evening out. She
growled and sprang at the boy, who leapt lightly through the
window. Again Mrs. Darling screamed, this time in distress for him,
for she thought he was killed, and she ran down into the street to
look for his little body, but it was not there; and she looked up,
and in the black night she could see nothing but what she thought
was a shooting star.
She returned to the nursery, and found Nana with something in
her mouth, which proved to be the boy's shadow. As he leapt at the
window Nana had closed it quickly, too late to catch him, but his
shadow had not had time to get out; slam went the window and
snapped it off.
You may be sure Mrs
