there was noise and commotion, an incredible din.
The innkeeper was busy, his rooms were all taken
Most arrived for a census, the nation was shaken
Their animals watered, their children were fed
and for many they shared the same floor for their bed.
But soon it was quiet as all fell asleep,
save for sheep on the hills –
you could just hear them bleat.
The silence was broken by a knock at the door –
a man and his wife,
expecting one more.
“But go to the stable, where there’s straw for your bed.”
So they lay themselves down and prepared for the night