The context of the following conversation is Jesse read Jordan a story because he wouldn't go to sleep when it was close to midnight.:
Jesse says I was up all last night trying to Jordan sleep.
The friend responds Was he refusing to sleep?.
Jesse responds Yeah, he kept whinging that he wasn't tired and wanted to stay up..
The friend responds Did you have any success getting him to sleep in the end?.
Jesse responds I did, I read him a book and that seemed to do the trick..
The friend responds the oldest trick in the book that..