“I want a drink!”
“No, you are restless. Turn over, dear, and go to sleep.”
(After five minutes.) “Ma, I want a drink.”
“Lie still, Ethel, and go to sleep.”
“But I want a drink!”
“No, you don’t want a drink; you had a drink just before you went to bed. Now be still and go right to sleep.”
(After five minutes.) “Ma, won’t you please give me a drink?”
“If you say another word I’ll get up and spank you. Now go to sleep. You are a naughty girl.”
(After two minutes.) “Ma, when you get up to spank me will you give me a drink?”