The Comfiest Bed In The World
I thought of this one when James jumped on our bed one morning to wake me up. James and Sam like imagining how big the huge money bag is.
Once upon a time, there was an old and uncomfortable bed. It didn’t even have a proper mattress, just a hard concrete slab. But it did have a dream. It dreamt of being the comfiest bed in the world.
So one day, it decided the time had come to make its dream real. It went to the local dump, and asked a workman if it could have a look around for an old mattress.
“Be my guest!” said the workman, “it’s better than burying them in the ground.”
The bed spent all day trying to find a mattress that wasn’t covered in broken egg shells or with springs bursting out of the side. Eventually it found one; it wasn’t great, but it would do.
The next day, it went into the shopping centre in town. It had a sign saying “10 minutes sleep for 1 pound”. Its plan was that people busy doing their shopping would love the chance to relax and have a quick nap instead of rushing round all the shops. It was a good plan - by the end of the day it had a nice little bag full of money.
It did this for the rest of the week, and then went to the mattress shop.
It said to the shopkeeper, “I’ve got this nice little bag full money, and I’d like to buy a new mattress, a really comfy one. This one I’ve got at the moment does the job, but it's not great, and I’ve got a dream: I want to be the comfiest bed in the world!”
The shopkeeper thought hard. “Well, I’m not sure I have the comfiest mattress in the world, but I can sell you this one, which is very very soft.”
The bed bought it, and the next week it went round local offices and business with a new sign: “Power naps - 30 minutes for £5”. It thought all the busy workers would work much better if they took a short break. It was such a tempting offer - especially when people saw the soft new mattress. By the end of the week, it had a huge bag of money.
It thought to itself, “This is fun! People love sleeping on me, so I must be very soft and comfy. But I don’t think I’m the comfiest bed in the world.”
So it went to the big city and sought out the finest mattress maker in the land.
“Listen, I have this huge bag of money, and I have a dream. I want to be the comfiest bed in the world.”
The bedmaker said “No problem! I’ve been working on a top-secret ultra-comfy mattress for a while now. It’s nearly ready, and I think you could be the perfect bed to try it out.”
The bed was delighted. The new mattress fitted perfectly and was extremely comfy. It went back to the shopping centre and back to the offices and let people sleep on it for free. Soon it was famous - and it really was the comfiest bed in the world.