Photos: Asleep at the Minnesota State Fair

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Competitors in the 4-H cattle show nap alongside their cows on August 26, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Surrounded by goats, 4-H competitor Alix Kermes nods off while watching videos on her laptop computer on August 27, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Fourteen-month-old Lilianne Maupin takes a nap (alongside a stuffed banana won on the midway) on August 28, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — A pig sleeps soundly in the swine barn on August 29, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Between livestock competitions, Darin Bauck squeezes in a nap in the sheep barn on August 29, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — A fairgoer rests on the grass on August 28, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — A 4-H participant naps with his cattle on August 26, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Greg and Tyler Schiffler get some shut-eye next to the amusement rides on August 28, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — At 9 p.m., the pigs are fast asleep in the swine barn on August 29, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — A two-day-old calf takes an afternoon nap on August 28, 2011. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo

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Falcon Heights, MN, USA — Craig Fleck sleeps in the sheep barn as fireworks go off outside on August 29, 2011. The sheep remain wide awake. (MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) link to this photo