Brilig Place Episode 8 - Sleep

At the Brilig Place the cloak of night has silently descended.
The Brilig mirth that fills this space, temporarily suspended.
Perchance to dream beneath these eaves; the mimsy day is ended.
Queen Mab and all her fairy folk should now be well attended.

But wait a sec, there’s something wrong. Old Heidi’s wide awake.
The wardrobe’s bare, no lions in there, there must be some mistake.
She stands before the mad mistress of maths at half past eight.
Sleep now my precious Brilig girl ! Sleep now for pity’s sake !


But now awake, the land of Nod’s a distant land indeed.
Cast up upon the shores of consciousness at half past three.
Five hours left until a test in trigonometry !
Get back to bed, put down your head ! Go easy on that Cheese.


Oh cursed moon that cow-tows to the fragile light of dawn.
Heidi’s slightly bleary eyed, she’s stifling a yawn.
Wake, wake my perfect Brilig child, there’s maths open the morn !
No time for honey’ed monster puffs, no time for flakes of corn !

You naughty, younger Brilig Girls what mischievousness is this ?
Your night-time screams gave such bad dreams to the insomniac older sis.
Who’s snoring through her test in long division in ignorant bliss.
And in her slumber, dreams of numbers tumbling, crumbling into the great abyss.

So let this be a lesson to the Brilig Girls all three.
A good night’s sleep will help prevent mediocrity,
And did you know the brain will benefit from things fishy ?
What a healthy, fun-packed, bite-sized slice of life the Briligs be.