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Shel Silverstein - The Nap Taker
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No - I did not take a nap -
The nap - took - me
off the bed and out the window
far beyond the sea,
to a land where sleepy heads
read only comic books
and lock their naps in iron safes
so that they can`t get took.

And soon as I came to that land,
I also came to grief.
The people pointed at me, shouting,
"Where`s the nap, you thief?"
They took me to the courthouse.
The judge put on his cap.
He said, "My child, you are on trial
for taking someone`s nap.

"Yes, all you selfish children,
you think just of yourselves
and don`t care if the nap you take
belongs to someone else.
It happens that the nap you took
without a thought or care
belongs to Bonnie Bowlingbrook,
who`s sittin` cryin` there.

"She hasn`t slept in quite some time -
just see her eyelids flap.
She`s tired drowsy - cranky too,
`cause guess who took her nap?"
The jury cried, "You`re guilty, yes,
you`re guilty as can be.
But just return the nap you took
And we might set you free."

"I did not take that nap," I cried,
"I give my solemn vow,
and if I took it by mistake
I do not have it now."
"Oh fiddle-fudge," cried out the judge,
your record looks quite sour.
Last night I see you stole a kiss,
Last week you took a shower,

"You beat your eggs, you`ve whipped your cream,
at work you punched the clock,
You`ve even killed an hour or two,
we`ve heard you darn your socks.
We know you shot a basketball,
you`ve stolen second base,
and we can see you`re guilty
from the sleep that`s on your face.

"Go lie down on your blanket now
and cry your guilty tears.
I sentence you to one long nap
for ninety million years.
And when the other children see
this nap that never ends,
no child will ever dare to take
somebody`s nap again."
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