* * * * *
[_The_ BED _enters the schoolroom. Kate tries to hide under the
covers._]
BED. Good-morning, teacher. Here is lazy Kate.
TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-morning, boys. Here is lazy Kate.
BOYS. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-morning, girls. Here is lazy Kate.
GIRLS. Ha, ha, ha!
KATE. Take me home, Bed! Please take me home!
BED. Will you get up early?
KATE. O yes, yes, yes!
BED. Every morning?
KATE. Every morning, Bed! Every morning!
[Illustration: "GOOD-MORNING, TEACHER. HERE IS LAZY KATE"]
BED. Then I will take you home. Good-by, teacher!
TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-by, children!
CHILDREN. Ha, ha, ha!
[_The Bed goes with Kate, who still tries to hide under the covers._]
SCENE III
TIME: _two minutes later._
PLACE: _Kate's bedroom._
* * * * *
KATE.
MOTHER.
* * * * *
[KATE _is asleep. Her_ MOTHER _comes._]
MOTHER. Kate, Kate! You are asleep again! Get up and go to school!
KATE. I have been to school.
MOTHER. What is this?
KATE. I have been to school. The Bed took me.
MOTHER. You have been dreaming, child.
KATE. No, no! The Bed took me to school. The children laughed at me.
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