noon
`` Is it day yet ? '' `` Look up an ' see . '' The shiftless one did look up , and when he beheld the great sun shining almost directly over his head he exclaimed in surprise : `` Why , Tom , is it today or tomorrer ? '' `` It 's today , though I guess it 's well on to noon . '' `` Seein ' the sun whar it is , an ' feelin ' now ez ef I had slep ' so long , I thought mebbe it might be tomorrer . An ' it bein ' so late an ' me sleepin ' , too , it looks ez ef the warriors ought to hev us . '' `` But they hev n't , Sol .