It's winter, and it's getting colder and colder. The narrator tells us that this is the first time we've seen this kind of weather in a long time. We're not sure what the weather is supposed to be like, but we're guessing it'll get worse before it gets better. We learn that the narrator has a fever, and he's worried that if he leaves the house, he'll make people sick. He's also worried about how she's going to take care of him, since she'll be leaving him in the care of someone else. He tries to calm her down, but she won't listen. She tells him to go to sleep, but he can't sleep. He wakes up to the sound of a baby's crying on the ground. He wants to play with the baby, but the baby is too scared to do so. He tells the baby to wake him up, and the baby does. The next morning, the baby wakes him up. He says, "I feel so much better. I'm so glad you woke me up." The narrator is so happy that the baby has woken him up that he'