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. Hi, my name is Otis Gray and you're listening to Sleepy.

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

We've got a nice snoozy bedtime story for you tonight. But before we get to the story,

I just want to thank our brand new patrons on patreon.com, Deborah Shecter, and Jennifer Gordon.

Thank you so much, Jennifer and Deborah. I so appreciate your donation and you being a part of

making this show. Truly, thank you. And for anyone who doesn't know, Deborah and Jennifer,

they are brand new patrons of Sleepy on patreon.com, which is this great site where you can go and

directly support creators of the work that you like. So if the Sleepy podcast has helped you

get a better nights rest, maybe it's become part of your nightly routine, then consider going

to patreon.com slash Sleepy radio and donating even a dollar a month. It goes a really long way.

At $5 a month, you get access to a whole other poetry feed episodes you have not heard

on the regular podcast over 50 extra episodes with no one's coming every month.

But even if you donate a dollar, I will read your name in the opening credits of the next show

after you do. So again, if you would like to be a part of making this show, go to patreon.com

slash Sleepy radio. Thank you. And as always, the music you're hearing is by my good friend James

LePkowski and the cover up for Sleepy is by Gracie Canaan.

Tonight we have a story by one of my favorite authors and I know it's one of the most appreciated

authors on Sleepy. Louisa May Alcott, a wrote Little Women. Tonight I'm going to be reading a short story

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