Short Bedtime Stories Presents: Ben Ventor's New Pajamas Invention

Short Bedtime Stories Presents: Ben Ventor's New Pajamas Invention

“Dad, you are looking rough,” said Fran, looking at her dad who was clearly working on just a few hours of sleep.

“I’m feeling rough,” agreed Ben’s dad.  “Peter decided to pay us a little visit in the middle of the night.  It’s kind of tough to sleep when someone insists on keeping their feet on your face.”

“Feet,” Peter said, looking at his toes like they were a science experiment.

“Whoa, Dad,” Ben said, entering the room.  “You look terrible.”

     “Wow, you guys really know how to make a guy feel good about himself.”

     “Dad, was up all night getting a face massage from Peter’s feet,” explained Fran.

“Try getting the other end,” said Ben’s mom in the kitchen while she poured her own cereal.  “He can’t sleep unless he is face to face with me, breathing my air.”

Ben’s mind began to turn over some ideas in his head. 

“So, how would you stop him from keeping you up all night?”

“Knock him out,” Ben’s dad said, jokingly as he held up his fist.

“Knock him out and chain him down,” added Ben’s mom.

Peter laughed out loud at his mom’s joke, not fully understanding that she was implying they should do him bodily harm. 

“That gives me an idea,” Ben said, excusing himself from the table.

“We can’t actually hurt your brother, Ben,” Ben’s dad said, stopping Ben with an out-held hand.

     “Though it is sometimes tempting,” Ben’s mom said, half heartedly.

     “No worries,” Ben said, cheerfully.  “I won’t hurt him.”

     By the time bedtime rolled around that night, Ben walked into the living room where Peter was currently getting dressed for the evening in his usual Thomas the Train pajamas.

     “Why don’t you try these instead,” Ben said, throwing a blue pair of pajama pants to his mom on the far side of the room.

“What are they,” his mom asked looking at them closely for spikes or flame throwing buttons.

“They are sleepy pants,” said Ben in a matter of fact tone, like sleepy pants had been around for ages.

“Are they …,” his mom started, almost giddy with excitement, “going to make Peter fall asleep right now?”

“Well, not right now,” corrected Ben. “They have two timers on them; like an alarm clock. The first timer tells you when the person wearing the pajamas will fall asleep, and the second timer tells you when the person wearing the pajamas will wake up.”

Ben’s mom became wide with pure joy.  She immediately put the pants on Peter.  He fell to the ground completely out cold.

“You forgot to set the timer, Mom,” Ben said.

     “No I didn’t,” she said, still smiling.

How the sleepy pants are used today:  Every baby in the world wears these to sleep every night.  Mothers and Fathers are finally sleeping through the night.

How much the Sleepy pants sold for: 300 million dollars

What Ben bought with the money: He bought the Tampa Bay Lighting hockey team.




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