Ernie Eats Cookies In Bed

Bert (rolls over and sits up in bed): Ernie?



Ernie: Yes, Bert?



Bert: Oh, Ernie, what are you doing with those cookies in bed, huh?



Ernie: Oh, the cookies? Well,

I was just hungry, Bert, so I thought I'd have a few

cookies before I went to sleep.



Bert: Ernie, Ernie, don't eat those cookies while you're in your bed, huh?



Ernie: Why not, Bert?



Bert: Because you'll get crumbs in the sheets, that's why.



Ernie: Gee, Bert, I'll get crumbs in the sheets?

(He lifts the blanket to look for crumbs in the sheets.)



Bert: Yeah, Ernie, and if there are crumbs in the sheets,

they'll get in your pajamas.



Ernie: Oooo, crumbs in my pajamas, Bert?



Bert: Yeah, yeah, Ernie, and if you get crumbs in your

pajamas, they'll make you itch. You know that.



Ernie: Oh, I don't like to itch, Bert.



Bert: No, and if you itch,

you won't be able to sleep,

Ernie. So don't do it, okay? Good night. (Goes back to sleep.)



Ernie: Oh, gee, if I eat the cookies in bed,

I'll get crumbs in my sheets.

(A crumb falls into his sheets.

) And if I get crumbs in the sheets,

I'll get crumbs in my pajamas.

(Feels a crumb in his pajamas.

) And if I get crumbs in my pajamas,

I'll itch! (Scratches himself.

) And I won't be able to sleep!

(Gets up, carrying the plate of cookies.

) Oh, Bert, thank you so much for stopping me from

eating cookies in my bed!



Bert: Alright, Ernie. Just ... just go to bed, though, okay?



Ernie: Okay. And I'm never going to eat cookies in my bed again!



Bert: Okay, good. (Ernie starts getting into Bert's

bed with the cookies) Ernie? What are you doing?



Ernie: I'm gonna eat cookies in your bed,

Bert. Move over. (Begins eating them as Bert sighs loudly.)