twelve o'clock
A pleasant feeling of relaxation stole over him , his thoughts merged into drowsy half-dreams and almost immediately he sank into a slumber deeper than any he had experienced for many days . He slept on and on ; morning light came softly in at the curtained windows ; in the front of the house his father and mother rose and went downstairs , and after a time old Daniel Holbrook went leisurely to his duties at the station . Still Teeny-bits slept his deep sleep and only the cat knew that he was in the house . Just after twelve o'clock Daniel Holbrook came home to dinner ; he stopped in the back yard for an armful of wood and entering the kitchen , dropped it in the box beside the stove . The rumble penetrated to the rooms above , and Teeny-bits sat up abruptly in bed , wide awake in a flash . This was the day of the big game ; it was morning ; he must hurry up to the school ; he began hunting in the closet for fresh clothes and pulling them on in desperate haste . He was two thirds dressed when his door was pushed slowly open and father and mother Holbrook peered cautiously in ; the look that he surprised on their faces was so ludicrous that he laughed .