My name is William and I am in grade 5 at Pineridge School in Prince Rupert. I met you when you came to Prince Rupert and I like your books very much. My mother reads them to the kids at her preschool.
I told this story when I had trouble sleeping because I take a lot of medicine. I hope you like it. Love
William Roubieck
Morning Time – Let’s Go
William lived in a small room, in a small house, in a small town and loved to get up early in the morning and that’s when the trouble all began.
Very early in the morning when the moon was still shining and William’s mother and father and sister and brother were all sleeping in their beds, William woke up. He jumped out of bed and ran through the small little house turning on all the lights and yelling “Morning time – let’s go!” He turned up the stereo starting dancing and decided he would cook a turkey dinner.
When William’s family got out of bed they said “Go back to bed-it’s still dark outside!” but it was too late.
The mother was tired, the father was tired, the sister was tired and the baby brother cried. Even the dog was too tired to go for a walk.
“This is terrible” said the mother, so she called the doctor and said “my son won’t sleep what can we do?”
The doctor said, give him a warm bath. So the next night the mother gave William a warm bath for seven hours until his skin was all wrinkly and put him to bed.
Very early in the morning, when the moon was till shining, William woke up. He jumped out of bed and ran through the small little house turning on all the lights and yelling “Morning time – let’s go!” He turned on the television and decided to vacuum the dog.
The mother was so tired she fell asleep, the father fell asleep at work, the sister fell asleep at school and the baby brother cried.
“This is terrible said the mother”, so she called the doctor and said “my son still won’t sleep, what can we do?”
The doctor said give him lots of exercise and read him books. So the next night, the mother gave William a warm bath for seven hours, took him for a four hour hike in the woods and read twenty-seven bedtime stories and put him to bed.
Very early in the morning, when the moon was still shining, William woke up. He jumped out of bed and ran through the small little house turning on all the lights and yelling “Morning time-let’s go!” He took out his trumpet and starting to play “TOOT!”
The mother was so tired she fell into her coffee, the father fell asleep in the car, the sister fell asleep on the bus and the little brother cried.
“This is terrible said the mother”, so she called the doctor and said “my son still won’t sleep, what can we do?” The doctor said to give him warm milk. So the next night, the mother gave William a warm bath for seven hours, took him for a four hour hike in the woods, read him twenty-seven bedtime stories, gave him fourteen glasses of warm milk and put him to bed.
Very early in the morning, when the moon was still shining, William woke up. He jumped out of bed and ran through the small little house turning on all the lights and yelling “Morning time-let’s go!” He got on his bike and rode it through the house ringing the bell and singing.
The mother and father and sister and brother were so tired, they couldn’t even get out of bed.
“This is terrible said the mother”, we will just have to start getting up when the moon is still shining.
So the next night, the mother gave William a warm bath for seven hours, took him for a four hour hike in the woods, read him twenty-seven bedtime stories, gave him fourteen glasses of warm milk, kissed his forehead and put him to bed.
Very early in the morning, when the moon was still shining, the family woke up and jumped out of bed, the mother turned on the radio, the father started vacuuming, the sister started to cook a turkey and the baby brother started singing, but something was not right. “This is terrible”, said the mother and she went to William’s room where he was sleeping soundly and when he woke up he said “Go back to bed, it’s still dark outside”.
Copyright – William Roubieck: 2010