Why did the calendar decide to take a long nap throughout the month of February?
It needed to catch up on its lost dates.
February is famously the shortest month of the year, lacking the extra days found in other months. The riddle plays on the phrase catch up on sleep by suggesting the calendar needs to make up for the missing days in its schedule.
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