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Hey, my name's 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.

Leah, Kaby, Brandon, Alan, Rob, Villain, Mary, Farne'sworth, Kate Murphy, Lisa, Marifield, and Emily.

Thank you all so, so much for donating and being a part of making this show.

And for anyone who doesn't know, all of these names that I just read are wonderful new patrons of the Sleepy Podcast on Patreon.com,

where you can go and support the show if it helps you get to sleep.

Even a dollar goes a really long way, and at $5 a month, you get cool perks like access to our exclusive poetry feed,

where I send you exclusive poetry readings every month just for donating. And actually tonight's episode is going to feature some of those poetry readings that you might get if you're a $5 Patreon.

You also get entered into all of our raffles where I give away the books that I read on the show.

No matter how much you give, I will read your name in the opening credits of the next show after you do.

So, if you'd like to be a part of making the Sleepy Podcast, go to patreon.com slash sleepy radio. Thank you.

And as always, the music you're hearing is by my good friend James Lev Kowski, and the cover of her Sleepy is by Gracie Cana.

Well, the year is coming down to an end, and wow, what a year it has been. I can relate to a lot of you being very exhausted at the end of this year.

When I really hope the turning of the year brings you some much-needed deep, deep sleep, as we look forward to something different than whatever this last year was.

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