Eight o'clock
Just as they were dropping off to sleep , they heard a great noise in the street . `` Clap , clap , clap , '' it sounded , eight times . `` There goes the Klapper man , '' said Grandmother Winkle . `` Eight o'clock , and time all honest folk were abed . '' The next morning Kit and Kat woke up very early , without any one 's calling them . You see , they were afraid they would be too late to go with the milk cart . But Grandfather Winkle had only just gone out to get the milk ready , and they had plenty of time to dress while Grandmother got breakfast .