“Theta crashed next to them on the thick zebra-skin rug. “I’m embalmed.” “Potted and splificated?” “Ossified to the gills. Time for night-night.”
“Under the night rug, the star rug, moon as lantern, man in the moon watching over us, dog star at his heels, we lay.”
“I could sit and watch nature documentaries with Jenks and the kids the rest of the night if I wanted. And trust me, watching a dozen pixies scream as a crocodile chomped on a zebra was something not to be missed. They invariably cheered for the crocodile, not the zebra.”
“Then the sun came up and shook the night chill out of the air the way you'd shake a rug.”
“At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.”
“the dewy night unrolls a heaven thickly jewelled with sparkling stars”