A Sleepless Night

I had trouble getting to sleep one night. Maybe it was the tens of mosquito bites that nagged me or the stomach ache I had. Either way, I was awake.

I laid in my bed staring up at the cloudless sky through my window. I could see the stars out that night, through the blinds. So bright they were. My eyes went to Orion's Belt, when I first saw it It was near the left of my window.

I got up to get a popsicle, to settle my stomach, and Allegra was up, apparently she too had been bitten by the hungry bug. She then saw it and tried to hunt it down, but it was too fast, and quickly escaped her.

I grabbed a popsicle and went back in my room. It was two in the morning, and nothing was on TV. I flipped around and happened on some Opera. When I first flipped it on, there was someone as Queen Elizabeth opera-shouting at some other royal. It was subtitled, even though they were singing in english. Then they turned to talking. It was some weird hybrid of talking and opera. Very strange.

I finished my popsicle, turned off the TV, and stared back at the stars. Now Orion's Belt was near the right side of my window. How much the Earth had turned since I last looked out.

I rolled over and fell asleep.

When I awoke I had ten mosquito bites.

That little fucker.