New Year, new me. Nah. I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things I love. Like enjoying

a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My only resolution is

to enjoy more of what I love. Like switching up my usual with oat, soy, almond or coconut.

All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks. For no extra charge. While Stocks

lost, subjects will availability. 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.

Carrie Pash, Beth Moore, Andrew Hughes, Julia Jingret, Shara Clinton, Joe Hill and Zoe Vischer.

Thank you all so so much for donating and being a part of making the Sleepy Podcast.

And for anyone who hasn't listened to the show before, all of these wonderful names I just read

are brand new patrons on patreon.com, which is a site where you can go and support the Sleepy

Podcast. It works for you. Even Dollar a month goes a really long way. And $5 a month, you get

access to extra poetry readings that I'll send you just for donating. Regardless of how much you

donate, I'll read your name in the opening credits of the next show after you do. So at the Sleepy

Podcasts, help you get a better night's sleep and wake up more refreshed the next day. Consider

going to patreon.com slash sleepy radio and donating even a dollar a month. That's patreon.com slash

sleepy radio. Thank you. And as always, the music you're hearing is about my good friend James

Lappowski and the cover up for sleepy is by Gracie Canaan.

Tonight, I'm going to be reading a listener request for one of our young listeners,

Shelly. I was in third grade and listened to the show. And she made a wonderful suggestion to read

the book of dragons by Edith Nazba. This is a wonderful story about a young king who

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