![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “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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