Wednesday, May 13, 2009

1 way to say goodnight

1. There you go, love. If you need to do a wee, you just use that there. Don’t you worry about makin your way round in the dark. You’ll trip over somethin, hurt yourself. Do you want me to push it under the bed? You might not find it if I do that, might go too far under. What about just here? Next to the table. That way you can step out of bed without fallin on it. Not too far to walk is it? I think you’ll manage. There’s a light here, a little one that I’ll leave on. Just enough so you’ll still be able to sleep. I know, I know. But once you lie there for a bit and get warm, you’ll get tired. You’ll see. Come now. Settle. It’s time to count some sheep. Your mother used to. Counted them as they jumped the fence. Rascal sheep, she said. Jumping the fence and running away. Yes, that’s it, love. Lie there and go to sleep. Don't cry. How about I get you another blanket? One at the end here. Just in case. Tomorrow we’ll go to the park.

1 comment:

Christopher Currie said...

Very sweet. I like this one.