He was so tired he wanted to weep,
But still he could not go to sleep.
He missed his mother’s tucking in and good night kiss.
He thought of all the sleepy things mother had told him to think about. He tried counting sheep going over a fence. He hummed a lullaby song, but his eyes were still wide open when Fairy Moonlight peeped in and sang:
“Hello, little boy in the white night gown,
Are you on the road to Sleepy-Town?”
Little Boy Blue answered in a sing-song kind of way:
“The harder I try to go to sleep,
The wider awake my eyes will peep.”
Fairy moonlight danced right into the room at that, and danced beside a picture that hung on the wall, as she sang: