How come at Big Sleep Time always the lights go off, then soon go back on…and then longtime go off again?

This is about Ritual. Ritual is complex but very important to all humans. The Mommy and Satan are great believers in Ritual. Rituals are vital actions and sayings that must be performed at specific times otherwise Harm Will Befall.

You need to get this concept firmly between your ears as soon as possible. We may have to spend some time on this, but eventually I hope you will find it illuminating. It will explain many things about your life and offer guidance on how to behave.

Big Sleep Time, or ‘Bobos’ time as The Mommy calls it is full of important Rituals. (By the way are you starting to learn Pidgin English?) The three elements to ‘Bobos’ time Rituals are Purging, Closing, and Provisioning.

Purging

This element is symbolic of relinquishing the day that is drawing to a close. It is universally acknowledged that it is difficult to sleep for long time for excess liquid in the body. So the chant of “Bobos Wee Wee Time” which awakes you from your Evening Sleep Time is the signal for your Purging Ritual in preparation for Big Sleep Time.

It is a two-part ritual that involves you being hoofed down the garden, peeing once, looking to come back in the warm and then being forced to pee once again. (We will discuss the issues you have with this on a later occasion.)

Closing

Electricity is very dangerous at night. It has a mind of its own and unless it is completely put to sleep Harm Will Befall. All external doors have to be locked shut. Everything must be closed before sleep is permitted.

Provisioning

Some humans provision themselves with all manner of foodstuff to avoid night starvation. (Did you realise the human navel is the perfect receptacle for salt when eating celery in bed?) However a glass of water is all that Satan and The Mommy need to take upstairs at night.

The answer to your question about the lights going on therefore is that one or more elements of the ‘Bobos’ time Rituals will have been omitted, or it will have been forgotten that it has already been observed, or it will have been felt necessary to check again that it has been fully observed. This is in itself a Ritual.