528 – Pa Sloane's Purchase

Sleepy

Otis Gray

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:04.2	The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.
0:10.5	Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view and a table seat, ideal for playing footsie beneath.
0:17.9	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:21.6	Trains on Uber.
0:26.8	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast with Benjamin Boster.
0:33.0	If you're tired of sleepless nights, you'll love the I Can't Sleep podcast.
0:40.6	I help quiet your mind by reading random articles from across the web to bore you to sleep with my soothing voice.
0:49.8	Each episode provides enough interesting content to hold your attention, and then your mind lets you drift off.
1:00.8	Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.1	That's I Can't Sleep with Benjamin Boster.
1:23.2	Hey, my name's Otis Gray, and you're listening to Sleepy. The podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.
1:33.7	And this is a midweek short story for you.
1:43.5	Well, I hope you're having a great week so far. I hope you're having a great week so far.
1:48.8	If you've been listening to the show recently,
1:51.9	you've been knowing that I am on vacation,
1:54.9	and I am officially no longer on vacation,
1:59.1	so we have a brand new bedtime story to read tonight by none other than
2:04.9	L.M. Montgomery. So I think you're really, really going to like this one.
2:13.6	And before we get to the bedtime reading, I just want to generally thank all of our patrons on patreon.com, which is a site where you can pledge a couple bucks for an ad-free version out of Sleep Pay.
2:29.3	If you are a patron, thank you so, so much for being a part of making this show.
2:36.0	It really, really means a lot.
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