16. SLEEPING PROBLEMS

 The evenings became awkward. Their whole live they had spent the night together standing in a circle, and suddenly it seemed strange. Now that they live in a house they no longer needed each other for safety. And it was no longer necessary for warmth. They delayed going to sleep for as long as possible until they nearly collapsed from fatigue. Then the widow said irritably , "I don't know what you are doing but I'm going to sleep. Will someone come? And not to close to me, I'm warm enough already."
Serious thought: "I will discuss that with the ASC lady when she comes tomorrow ".

 The next day the lady came on the scooter and they drank  a nice cup of tea. Adolescent showed his new mitten and little one his new toy. Then serious spoke about their sleeping problem.
"What do you want then?" asked the lady a bit abrupt .
"We don't want to go to bed as early as the widow," the bachelors said.
"We would rather be together with little one," the young couple said.
"I want privacy and to sleep in," said the adolescent.
"I have nowhere to put my backpack and I don't want to take it off," said serious.
The leader said, “I want an important place. The others are too close ”.
And the assistant agreed and wanted that too.
"I will discuss that with the team ," said the lady from the ASC.

 A few days later the lady came rushing back .
“We have a solution. You all get individual sleeping cabins.
We have  spoken to a sociologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist and an interior architect, and a great concept came up. We took your background, dynamics and wishes into account when designing the
cabins . ”

The penguins did not understand, but because the lady was so enthusiastic, they were too . They laughed and flapped their wings , still not knowing were to be happy for.

Today the individual sleeping cabins are coming. The lady had said that she needed strong porters, so the bachelors and the adolescent were ready to help.

But what was that?
 So big and so heavy. And what that was? They had no idea. Melvin, the man from the seventies house and the lady from the ASC were lugging and sweating. The penguins wanted to help, but they just couldn’t.

When they had put it against the walls the penguins understood what it was. They nudged each other and started to laugh. "That's nice!" they cried.
"You all can come," the lady said. And they came. They flew up the stairs.
There were all happy shouts . "Wait for me" the widow shouted. She was not so fast and was afraid that there would be no cabin for her.

"I made a  plan," the lady said, she pointed out everyone’s  sleeping place.
And everyone agreed.
They were all very satisfied in their individual sleeping cabin.

"Now you can take your backpack off serious," said the leader. "Well uh, no, I'll keep it on for a while" said serious and blushed

When all the penguins were happy in their cabins, the lady, Melvin and the man from the 70's house walked down the stairs.

 Melvin said, “Gee, it wasn't that bad. They didn't even have a comment . Even the widow and the leader were satisfied.
The lady said confidently, "Oh well, it depends on how you bring it. You just have to properly assess the intellectual perception of refugees. A matter of great empathic ability ”.
Melvin and the man from the 70's house looked at each other and shrugged. "Never mind" they both thought.

 Everyone was satisfied and that was good.

Finally it was evening and the penguins could go to their cabins. Wonderful!

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