Okay, so this is going to be a simultaneous reading of two books in one since we don’t have one of the books. I of course after 30 years more or less have it memorized. I will be reading the original Napping House in my mind and Audrey will be reading The Full Moon at the Napping House, kind of like a dueling banjo, you know?
So the reason we do this is to show that the two books are absolutely parallel in structure but the themes are inverted. One book wakes up. The other books goes to sleep. So I’ll begin.
There is a house, a napping house where everyone is sleeping.
There is a house, a full moon house where everyone is restless.
And in that house there is a bed, a cozy bed in a napping house where everyone is sleeping.
And in that house there is a bed, a wide awake bed in a full moon house where everyone is sleeping — restless.
I’ve put you to sleep.
You did.
And on that bed there is a granny, a snoring granny on a cozy bed in a napping house where everyone is sleeping.
And in that bed there is a granny, a sleepless granny in a wide awake bed in a full moon house where everyone is restless.
And on that granny there is a child, a dreaming child on a snoring granny on a cozy bed in a napping house where everyone is sleeping.
And with that granny there is a child, a fidgety child with a sleepless granny in a wide awake bed in a full moon house where everyone is restless.
One more time. And on that child there is a dog, a dozing dog and a dreaming child on a snoring granny on a cozy bed in a napping house where everyone is sleeping.
And with that child there is a dog, a playful dog with a fidgety child with a sleepless granny in a wide awake bed in a full moon house where everyone is restless.
There it goes.
There it goes.
For the first time, the death defying simultaneous reading. Two books in one. Talk about new media!