sleeps.

Upon finally reaching the earth, each unfolds and on eight tiny legs of its own delivers its own self by following a signature trail of emotion to the place where the life of its origin sleeps.

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Upon finally reaching the earth, each unfolds and on eight tiny legs of its own delivers its own self by following a signature trail of emotion to the place where the life of its origin sleeps.

365 tomorrows » Guardian : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006

In its mid flight, between seven hundred and twelve hundred yards, it "sleeps."

Stalking the Pestilence 1914

But people everywhere in the world get sleepy, so the Eskimos sometimes count their time by "sleeps."

The Eskimo Twins 1914

But people everywhere in the world get sleepy, so the Eskimos sometimes count their time by "sleeps."

The Eskimo Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901

It gives me a peculiar satisfaction to see that the decorum he loved reigns where he 'sleeps.'

The Wild Olive Basil King 1893

It is not even the newly sealed stone which marks the spot where Lazarus "sleeps."

Memories of Bethany 1856