six o'clock
_ All _ you boys pile out , this very minute ! It 's six o'clock already ! '' Then she reached over Eric and shook the other two boys in the bed with him , repeating and repeating `` Wake up , wake up ! It 's six o'clock already ! '' When she was sure the three boys in the bed were awake and miserable , she crossed the room with a hurried , heavy tread and clumped , clumped down the stairs into the kitchen . Though it happened just that way every morning , and it had happened so this morning , this day was to be very different from any other in Eric 's life . But Eric could not know that ; so he crawled farther down under the few bedclothes he had managed to keep to himself , and shut his eyes again just for a minute .