Hey, my name's Otis Gray, and you're listening to Sleepy.

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

Tonight I have a really snoozy story from a writer that we've never read on the show

before I think you're really to like falling asleep to it.

But before we get to the bedtime reading, I just want to profoundly thank all of our brand new patrons

on Patreon.com,

which is a website where you can go and pledge a couple bucks for an

ad-free version of the show. So, this week's wonderful new patrons.

Lauren Newton, Justin Katsmar, Cindy Hoolahan, Jeff Beasley, Tammy, Sarah, Zoe Smith,

L EML, Phil, Monica Blevins, Diana Stoner, Jackie Ann Jackson, Karen Hasse, and Mike Spazzano.

Thank you all so so much for being patrons of the show. It really means a lot.

And for any of you who don't know, these wonderful names that I just read are brand new patrons of Sleepy on Patreon.com,

which is a great site where you can go and directly support the people who make the stuff that you like.

So if you like Sleepy, maybe it's become part of your nightly routine, then you can go to Patreon.com slash Sleepy radio and donate even a dollar a month.

Like I said before, $2 a month you get access to a totally ad-free version of Sleepy.

At $5 a month you get access to our exclusive

poetry feed with over 50 episodes you've never heard before, but even if you donate a dollar, it will read your name in the opening credits of

the next show after you do.

So again, if you want 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 Lepowski and the cover-up for Sleepy is by Gracie Canen. Well tonight I have a great little story by Charles Kingsley who's an author we've never read on the show before and

it's this kind of wonderful whimsical tale called The Water Babies and it's a really lovely book.

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