From breakfast on through all the day

At home among my friends I stay;

But every night I go abroad

Afar into the land of Nod.

All by myself I have to go,

With none to tell me what to do—

All alone beside the streams

And up the mountain-sides of dreams.

The strangest things are there for me,

Both things to eat and things to see,

And many frightening sights abroad

Till morning in the land of Nod.

Try as I like to find the way,

I never can get back by day,

Nor can remember plain and clear

The curious music that I hear.

Key points

abroad 國外，海外 afar 從遠(yuǎn)處 curious 稀奇古怪的；好奇的 frightening 使驚恐的

nod 打瞌睡 none 沒有人 nor 也不 plain 清楚的；平原 sight 景象 stream 小溪