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.

Before we get to tonight's story, I just want to say that this episode is very proudly sponsored

by Purple mattresses, which is the mattress I'm sitting on right now as a record.

We're in the full swing of summer and I know for me personally it can sometimes feel like the world

is working against a good night's sleep this time of year. With the heat,

neighbors partying, cars passing by all times a night. Still, my purple mattress keeps me cool

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it. It's just fantastic even for side sleepers like me and it keeps you so cool all night long.

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I've honestly never slept better on any mattress ever. So purple really is comfort reinvented.

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terms apply. I'll put a link for this in the description of the show.

And now I get to thank all of our brand new patrons on patreon.com.

Brandy Cox, Hillary Solomon, Micah Green, Deborah Nazba, Steven Reynolds Jr,

Juliana, Anvaluah Edaboggi, Lise Emilia Gorton, and Judith Rogers.

Thank you all so so much for your support and for 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

where you can go and support creators of the work that you like. So if you like your name red on

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