166. A Small Apartment

The big family lived in a one-bedroom apartment. Their apartment had only one bedroom. Mom and Dad slept in the bedroom. The two babies also slept in the bedroom. Four people slept in the bedroom. Four children slept in the living room. Two sisters slept in the living room. Two brothers slept in the living room. All four of them slept in the living room. They slept on air mattresses. They leaned the air mattresses against the wall in the daytime. They put the air mattresses on the floor in the nighttime. They all liked to sleep on the air mattresses. But the girls didn’t like to sleep next to the boys. “Daddy, we don't like to sleep next to the boys. We want our own bedroom. When will we get our own bedroom?” asked one girl. “You’ll get your own bedroom when I get a better job,” Daddy said.