Hi! I’m Arushi.

I love the summer. It’s warm. I can play outside.

But there’s one thing I don’t like about summer.

I don’t like my bedtime.

In the winter, this is what I see out the window at bedtime.

But in summer, this is what I see out the window at bedtime.

I ask my mom, “Why do I have to go to bed so early in the summer?”

She asks me why I think it’s early.

I tell her, “I think it’s early because it’s still light outside.”

In winter, here’s what I do before bedtime:

I have dinner.

I play with the dog.

I brush my teeth.

I read my book.

Mom asks, “In summer, what do you do before bedtime?”

In summer, here’s what I do before bedtime:

I have dinner.

I play with the dog.

I brush my teeth.

I read my book.

Wait a minute! I have time to do all the same things before bedtime in summer and in winter.

Am I really going to bed early in summer?

I wonder what’s going on?

Maybe I eat and play really fast in summer.

Maybe I have dinner early in summer.

Maybe the sun sets later in summer.

Here’s what I think: my bedtime just feels early in the summer because the sun stays up longer.

When the sun stays up longer, the days are longer.

I tell my mom what I think.

She says, “You’ve got it! Summer days are long because the sun rises earlier and sets later.”

And guess what?

It’s such a special day, Mom says I can stay up later.

I love summer!

THE END