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When the Lights Go Out (Excerpt)
A Children's Storybook
When the Lights Go Out (Story): Image
By James Pao
There is a little known secret
When the lights go out
and the world is sound asleep
when children count cows
or is it sheep?
After milk and chocolate chip cookies
After long bedtime stories
When not a soul is stirring
except for an occasional snoring
After all the kisses and the cuddles
the last minute bedtime snuggles
After the “I love yous”
and the “I love you toos”
when the sun says good night and good bye
And the golden moon is hung up high
when the stars dance across the velvet sky
Good night, good night.
There is a little known secret
In the darkness of the night
This is when the wild and the rowdy
hidden and out of sight
the unknown and downright crazy
This is when the monsters
comes out to play
When the Lights Go Out (Story): Text
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