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"That wasn't the clock;" and then, all at once, the old clock on the stairs struck one. "One? Then it must be wrong. When I got into bed it was only"— "It is quite right," said a squeaky little voice close to Tommy Smith's ear, "I don't know what time it was when you got into bed, but you have been asleep for a good many hours; and now it is one in the morning, which is what _I_ call a nice, comfortable time." THAT WASN'T THE CLOCK AND THEN ALL AT ONCE THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIR STRUCK ONE WHAT THEN IT MUST BE WRONG WHEN I GOT INTO BED IT WAS ONLY IT IS QUITE RIGHT SAID A SQUEAKY LITTLE VOICE CLOSE TO TOMMY SMITH'S EAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN YOU GOT INTO BED BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR A GOOD MANY HOURS AND NOW IT IS ONE IN THE MORNING WHICH IS WHAT I CALL A NICE COMFORTABLE TIME
ut is he awake or asleep?_” “I SEE you,” said the rat, as Tommy Smith passed through the yard of his father’s house. “I see you, but it is not the right time yet. Wait till to-night.” So all that day Tommy Smith kept thinking of what the rat had promised; and when his bedtime came, instead of wanting to stay up longer, as he usually did, he was quite pleased to go, and went upstairs without making any fuss. “Now,” thought he, as he made himself nice and snug in bed, “I shall keep awake till the rat comes. I am not at all sleepy. I can see the branch of the cedar tree by the window shaking in the wind, and I can hear the clock ticking on the staircase. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick,’—I wonder if it gets tired of saying that all day long, and all night long, too, without ever once stopping,—unless they don’t wind it up. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick.’ If I keep on counting it, I shan’t go to sleep. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick—tick, tick—tick—squeak!’” “What was that?” said Tommy Smith, as he sat up in bed.  THE RAT IS A KING TOMMY SMITH HAS A PEEP AT HIS PALACE BUT IS HE AWAKE OR ASLEEP I SEE YOU SAID THE RAT AS TOMMY SMITH PASSED THROUGH THE YARD OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE I SEE YOU BUT IT IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME YET WAIT TILL TO NIGHT SO ALL THAT DAY TOMMY SMITH KEPT THINKING OF WHAT THE RAT HAD PROMISED AND WHEN HIS BEDTIME CAME INSTEAD OF WANTING TO STAY UP LONGER AS HE USUALLY DID HE WAS QUITE PLEASED TO GO AND WENT UPSTAIRS WITHOUT MAKING ANY FUSS NOW THOUGHT HE AS HE MADE HIMSELF NICE AND SNUG AND BAD I SHALL KEEP AWAKE TILL THE RAT COMES I AM NOT AT ALL SLEEPY I CAN SEE THE BRANCH OF THE CEDAR TREE BY THE WINDOW SHAKING IN THE WIND AND I CAN HEAR THE CLOCK TICKING ON THE STAIRCASE DICK DICK DICK DICK I WONDER IF IT GETS TIRED OF SAYING THAT ALL DAY LONG AND ALL NIGHT LONG TOO WITHOUT EVER ONCE STOPPING UNLESS THEY DON'T WIND IT UP DICK DICK DICK TICK IF I KEEP ON COUNTING IT I SHAN'T GO TO SLEEP TICK TICK TICK DICK TICK DICK TICK SQUEAK WHAT WAS THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH AS HE SAT UP IN BED
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