The Go-sleep Story

: SLEEPY-TIME SONGS AND STORIES
: Boys And Girls Bookshelf

BY EUDORA S. BUMSTEAD



"How can I go to bed," said Penny, the flossy dog, "till I say

good-night to Baby Ray? He gives me part of his bread and milk, and pats

me with his little, soft hand. It is bedtime now for dogs and babies. I

wonder if he is asleep?"



So he trotted along in his silky, white nightgown till he found Baby Ray

on the porch in mamma's arms.



And she w s telling him the same little story that I am telling you:



The doggie that was given him to keep, keep, keep,

Went to see if Baby Ray was asleep, sleep, sleep.



"How can we go to bed," said Snowdrop and Thistledown, the youngest

children of Tabby, the cat, "till we have once more looked at Baby Ray?

He lets us play with his blocks and ball, and laughs when we climb on

the table. It is bedtime now for kitties and dogs and babies. Perhaps

we shall find him asleep." And this is what the kitties heard:



One doggie that was given him to keep, keep, keep,

Two cunning little kitty-cats, creep, creep, creep,

Went to see if Baby Ray was asleep, sleep, sleep.



"How can we go to bed," said the three little Bunnies, "till we have

seen Baby Ray?" Then away they went in their white, velvet nightgowns as

softly as three flakes of snow. And they, too, when they got as far as

the porch, heard Ray's mamma telling the same little story:



One doggie that was given him to keep, keep, keep,

Two cunning little kitty-cats, creep, creep, creep,

Three pretty little bunnies, with a leap, leap, leap,

Went to see if Baby Ray was asleep, sleep, sleep.



"How can we go to bed," said the four white Geese, "till we know that

Baby Ray is all right? He loves to watch us sail on the duck-pond, and

he brings us corn in his little blue apron. It is bedtime now for geese

and rabbits and kitties and dogs and babies, and he really ought to be

asleep."



So they waddled away in their white, feather nightgowns, around by the

porch, where they saw Baby Ray, and heard mamma tell the "Go-Sleep"

story:



One doggie that was given him to keep, keep, keep,

Two cunning little kitty-cats, creep, creep, creep,

Three pretty little bunnies, with a leap, leap, leap,

Four geese from the duck-pond, deep, deep, deep,

Went to see if Baby Ray was asleep, sleep, sleep.



"How can we go to bed," said the five white Chicks, "till we have seen

Baby Ray once more? He scatters crumbs for us and calls us. Now it is

bedtime for chicks and geese and rabbits and kittens and dogs and

babies, so little Ray must be asleep."



Then they ran and fluttered in their downy, white nightgowns till they

came to the porch, where little Ray was just closing his eyes, while

mamma told the "Go-Sleep" story:



One doggie that was given him to keep, keep, keep,

Two cunning little kitty-cats, creep, creep, creep,

Three pretty little bunnies, with a leap, leap, leap,

Four geese from the duck-pond, deep, deep, deep,

Five downy little chicks, crying peep, peep, peep,

All saw that Baby Ray was asleep, sleep, sleep.



[D] Used by permission of The Youth's Companion.