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country. She said one day, " You see it is so awfully 

 quiet out here in the country, that it keeps me awake." 

 In Boston she sleeps soundly, but her home is on a noisy 

 street. She misses the noise just as a baby misses his 

 mother's singing. 



A man once lived near a noisy mill that ran at night, 

 and after a while he could not sleep unless the mill wheel 

 was going. 



It is the other way with most of us. We need the 

 quiet for our sleep. When country people go to the 

 noisy city it is often many nights before they sleep well. 



From all this we learn that after doing a thing in one 

 way for many times something within us seems to decide 

 that we shall do it in the same way every time. That is 

 why it is so important for us to start our sleep habits in 

 the right direction. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Describe the different ways in which children go to sleep. 



2. What is it that makes the difference? 



3. What did Captain Barclay train himself to do? 



4. W T hat difference is there in the way children waken? 



5. Why do some children waken promptly while others have to 

 be called over and over again? 



6. How can I train myself to sleep? 



7. How can I train myself to waken at the slightest sound? 



8. What is a good nurse able to do about waking and sleeping? 



9. Why should we have good habits of sleep? 



