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NIGHT TIME IS FOR SLEEPING BY

LINDA THOMAS-JONES

ILLUSTRATED

BY

LAUREL WINTERS



Hi. My name is Mahdi and I am 12 years old.

When I was a little boy no one ever called

me by my name.

They always called me sleepy Head.



You see, I’m the youngest child in my

family and every night I had to go to bed

before my brothers and sisters

I would try to think of every excuse I could

so I would be able to stay up a little bit

later.



I would ask for an extra cookie and eat it

very, very, very slowly down to the last

Crumbly crumb.

Sometimes I would ask my mother to read a

story and then I would ask for another and

another. My mother would finally realize



what I was doing and tell me that it was

time to go to bed.Many nights I would say

that I was thirsty. I would tell my daddy

that my throat was so dry that I felt like I

was in the desert. I would lay on the floor

with my hands around my neck and tell him

in a raspy voice that if I didn’t get a drink

I was going to die. Of course he never

believed me.



Even when I was falling asleep at the dinner

table , I didn’t want to go to bed. I would

eat each green pea one by one.



One night was very different and I will

never forget it.



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It started out like all of the other nights.

My mother called me up to my room. I

slowly climbed the stairs, stomping my feet

all the way.



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“I don’t wanna go to bed!

“I don’t wanna go to bed!

I said over and over.



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When I walked into my room Mama was

getting my bed ready, placing Mr. Snoozy,

my teddy bear, on my pillow and smoothing

out my covers.

Mama said ”O.K. Sleepy Head, it’s time to

go to bed.”

And I said, “I don’t wanna go to bed, I’m



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gonna stay up all night long

Then Mama said, “You can’t stay all night.

It’s time to go to sleep.

I could hear my brother and sister laughing

as they played their favorite games in the

living room. It seemed as though they were

laughing at me.

I pulled on my Mama’s shirt and asked her,

“How come my big brother gets to stay up

Longer ?”



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Mama picked me up and sat me on the bed.

Then, she looked in my eyes and said, “He’s

older.”

My Mama’s eyes were gentle and sparkled

like stars on a clear summer’s night. When

she looked into my eyes, I almost wanted to

fall asleep. But I wasn’t ready to give up

that easily, I told her, “I don’t wanna go to

bed. I’m gonna watch T.V. and I’m gonna

watch movies.”



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When I said that, she stood up, put her

hands on her hips and said, “What if your

mama tells you no?

I jumped down from my bed and sat on my

window seat.



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I thought about it for a minute, then I

folded my arms and said,” I’m gonna sleep all

day long!”

Mama just looked at me, kind of smiled, and

said,” but what are you going to do when

the day time comes?”



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I sat there with my arms folded tight across

my chest.



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Then I opened my eyes as wide as I could

and said in my biggest voice, “I’m gonna stay

up all night long!”



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When I said that, Mama laughed out loud.

Then asked me, “What are you going to do

when the night time comes?”

I said, “Well, I’m gonna play with all my toys”



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All of a sudden mama stood up and I got a

little worried. But I couldn’t seem to stop

my self as I said,

“Then, I’m gonna sit and watch T.V.”

Just as I shouted the last words in my

loudest voice, I heard my father say. “What

if your Daddy says it can’t be?”

I must have been really tired that night,

because as my father came into my room, I

said. “



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Then I’m gonna throw a hefty fit!”



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My daddy just shook his head as he said,

“And right in the corner you

will sit.”



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Then, Mama told me to lie down and she

would sing a song to me.

So, I laid down and snuggled close to Mr.

Snoozy .



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It was getting really hard to keep my eyes

open and I felt a yawn coming on.



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But I pushed it back down.

I tried to listen to my mother as she sang

her song, but her voice seemed to get

farther and farther away.



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I did hear her say something about movies

in my dreams, night time is for sleeping and

day time is for learning



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The next thing I knew, it was morning and I

felt different. I felt older and even Mr.

Snoozy looked happier and wide awake



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She said “good morning Sleepy Head”.

I looked up at her and said. I

don’t want to be called Sleepy Head

anymore” I want to be called Bright Eyes.

My mother laughed and said I think that is

a good name for you



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I am older now and I make sure that I get

plenty of rest so that I can do well in

school. I have watched many movies in my

dreams and still remember the song that my

mother sang to me when I was a little boy.



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THE END



Copyright 1995

Linda Thomas Jones

Laurel Winters

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