Hi, new friend. My name is Ali Cassazan. I am the host of the chart topping podcast, The

Purpose Show. Listen, if you're a mom and you want some energetic support in evolving,

growing, becoming the next version of yourself, getting clutter out of your way, simplifying

your entire life, your business, your home, everything, this is the show for you. So come

over and listen with me. Hey, my name is Otis Gray and you're listening to Sleepy.

Podcasts where I read old books to help you get to sleep, and a proud member of the Airwave

Podcast Network. I have got a wonderful, snoozy bedtime story for you tonight. But before

we get to tonight's reading, I just want to thank all of our patrons on patreon.com.

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Kathy Stewart, Gina Robertson, Sarah Mendoza, Tijay Ingram, Jonas Sharvin Holland. I hope

I said your name right. Elizabeth Sweeney, and Liz Lichtenwalner. Thank you all so, so much

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show by going to patreon.com slash sleepy radio and donating even a dollar a month. They

are responsible for making sure the show keeps going. So if the show has helped you sleep,

then maybe consider going to patreon.com slash sleepy radio and donating even a dollar

a month. It goes a really long way. And this week there is a special park for donating

that'll get to in just a second. But thank you all so, so much for donating. I mean

so much. As always, the music that you're hearing is by my good friend James Lebkowski,

and the cover I'll for Sleepy is by Gracie Canaan. So tonight I'm reading Pinocchio, which

I can't believe I haven't read that on the show before. But I've got this incredible

copy of Pinocchio, which was illustrated and designed by Mina Lima, which is a husband

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