'And do you know what your chicken slippers are doing? They are waiting, just waiting, for nobody's feet but yours.' 'That's happy,' replies Willa. She reports that her chicken slippers are there. There is a lovely picture connected to Willa's 'thinking process' of her lying on her pillow with her long ears crossed over her face (the two children are rabbits!) So Willoughby begins by asking Willa to look under her bed to see what is there. She tries, she really does, but can't come up with anything. Willoughby and Willa share bunk beds, Willoughby on the top and Willa underneath, and one night Willa can't get to sleep because she is 'afraid that I might have a bad dream.' Older Willoughby is very understanding and says why doesn't she try thinking of something happy. This gentle, loving story about siblings is the perfect antidote to night-time worries.
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