Welcome back everyone to 1001 Stories for the Road.

This is your host, John Hagenorn in chapters 5 and 6 from Jerome K. Jerome's story,

Three Men in a Boat to Say Nothing of the Dog.

And now, chapter 5.

I'll remind you that our three men went to sleep the night before in preparation for their trip the next day,

and asked each other to wake each other up at 6.30.

And now, chapter 5.

It was Mrs. Poppitz that woke me up next morning. She said,

Do you know that it's nearly nine o'clock, sir? Nine o' what? I cried, starting up.

Nine o'clock, she replied, to the keyhole. I thought you was oversleeping yourselves. I woke Harris and told him. He said,

I thought you wanted to get up at six. So I did, I answered. Why didn't you

wake me? How could I wake you when you didn't wake me? He retorted. Now we shan't get on the

water till after twelve. I wonder you take the trouble to get up at all.'

"'Hem,' I replied,

"'lucky for you that I do.

"'If I hadn't woke you, you'd have lain there for the whole fortnight.'

"'We snarled at one another in this strain for the next few minutes

"'when we were interrupted by a defiant snore from George.

"'It reminded us us for the first

time since our being called of his existence. There he lay, the man who had wanted to know what

time he should wake us, on his back, with his mouth wide open, and his knees stuck up.

I don't know why it should be, I am sure, but the sight of another man asleep in bed

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