Hi everyone. My name is Otis Gray and you're listening to Sleepy.

A podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.

Happy 4th of July, everybody. Our story tonight comes from Mark Twain,

which I think is he's kind of the grandfather of American literature.

But before we start our bedtime story tonight, I just want to tell you about a new podcast that I

mentioned a few episodes earlier that I've been working on with Headspace Studios and Sesame Street.

It's called Good Night World and it's a bedtime podcast for kids featuring all your favorite

monsters and muppets that you grew up with. They're all stories to help you wind down for bed

and it has been such an honor to be working on this project with Sesame Street,

which is a show I very much grew up with. And I think if you have little kiddos who might have

a hard time winding down at the end of the day, this might be a good show to play for them so that

they can chill out and get ready for bed. So it's Good Night World. We can find it on Apple

podcast, Spotify and everywhere else. And now I'd like to thank our new patrons on Patreon.com.

Mackenzie Alderson, Monona Horbe, and Laurie Couts Frost.

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

And for anyone who doesn't know, all these names that I just read are brand new patrons on Patreon.com,

which is a wonderful site where you can go and support creators of the work they like.

So if the Sleepy podcast has helped you get a better nights' rest and wake up more refresh the next day,

then consider going to Patreon.com and donating even a dollar a month.

There's cool perks for donating five dollars a month, but no matter how much you donate,

I will read your name in the opening credits of the next show after you do.

So again, that's Patreon.com. Slash Sleepy Radio. Thank you.

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