Not to Make Children Skip a Day's Nap
That day he told officials of the baby home and orphanage that he had come there first after delivering the new year address in order to spend the New Year's Day with the orphans sick for affection.
After looking round the Pyongyang Baby Home, he headed for the Pyongyang Orphanage.
He beamed all over his face to see the happy children as if he was relieved of all worries.
Suddenly, he asked the head of the orphanage if it was the time for children's nap.
The head said to him not to worry, adding how the children could sleep as he came to see them. Shaking his head,
The children told him that they would continue to sing songs and they did not want to sleep, Lecturer Kim Kyong A at the Korean Revolution Museum said and continued:
"Looking around at the children lovingly, the respected Comrade
Then he moved to the bedroom, saying he wanted to see the children sleep.
He asked the head of the orphanage if the children knew their beds.
When the head answered yes, he kindly told the children to get into their beds.
The children ran into their beds in competition. They closed their eyes and tried to sleep under soft quilt."
It was not a big problem for the children to skip a day's nap.
Moreover, it was a holiday and
He looked at the sleeping children tender-heartedly for a while and went round every place of the orphanage, paying deep concern lest there should be any inconvenience in the children's life.
At that time, the children were sleeping happily in their beds.