![]() “How are you enjoying your nap, Gerald?” Beside himself, the elephant rages that he is “NOT napping!”-but if he’s not napping, then how come Piggie is floating? And endowed with a turnip-head? Careful readers will have noticed the change in background color that cues this extended dream sequence-and they may also find themselves wondering whether Gerald could possibly be as rested as he seems when he really wakes up.Īs naps go, this is about as strenuous-and as funny-as it gets.Ī home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. Readers will not find it at all surprising, though they will find it funny, that pretty soon Gerald’s cranky mood spreads to Piggie, who decides that she will take a nap, too: “SNORE! / SNORE! SNORE! SNORE!” Several pages later, the stertorous swine wakes up, rested and smiling. He spreads out his mat, lies down…and in marches Piggie, hollering, “GERALD!” Gerald explodes from slumber in alarm. I am going to take a nap.” Those declarations set off a characteristically hilarious encounter between the fussbudget elephant and his porcine pal. ![]() ![]() ![]() Piggie’s head pokes into the frame from the side at a 90-degree angle, hinting at the disruption to come. Poor Gerald the elephant-all he wants is to take a nap.Ī bleary-eyed Gerald blinks out at readers from the cover, blanket and Knuffle bunny tucked in his arms. ![]()
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