eight o'clock
Just then Wee Willie Winkie ran down the stairs , crying : `` Are the children in their beds ? It 's past eight o'clock . '' Closing the front door , he whispered through the keyhole , `` Are the children in their beds ? '' And before he reached the sidewalk he turned back and , rapping on the window , cried , `` It 's past eight o'clock ! '' `` Little kittens do n't need Wee Willie Winkie , I guess , '' said the maid , tickling Puss , Jr. 's , head . `` Hush-a-bye , baby , lie still with thy daddy ; Thy mammy has gone to the mill To get some meal to bake a cake , So pray , my dear baby , lie still . '' The lullaby made Puss , Jr. , sleepy , for the man 's voice was low and tender , and Puss was very tired .