Mommy I Can’t Sleep

Mommy I Can’t Sleep

Did you count sheep?

A whole bunch.

Count some more.

I counted them too.

One of them turned into a monster.

Turn him back.

I did.

But his brother was there and he was big and mean.

Did he say anything to you?
No, he just had a mean look on his face.

So why didn’t you look at the sheep.

They had gone to sleep.

So why can’t you sleep too?

I keep thinking of how high you can count.

You can count as high as you like.

To a million.

Sure, even to a million million.

And then you have to stop?

No, you can count even higher.

To a million million million.

Even more.

So Mom, how am I ever going to get to sleep if I can’t stop counting?

Mom?

Mom?