midday
`` I slept soundly until sunset . When I came away the crickets were chirping . And I was surprised that you had n't waked up yourself . '' `` You were gone before midday , '' Solomon Owl insisted . And they had something very like a dispute , while Solomon Owl sat in one tree and Benjamin Bat hung head downward from another . `` I ought to know , '' said Solomon . `` I was awake about noon ; and I looked everywhere for you . ''