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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf, where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth.

Thank you for being here with us this evening.

Tonight we are continuing with a little princess. But before

that, let's take a moment to prepare for a restful sleep. Wherever you are, notice how nice it feels to close your eyes after a long day.

Begin to breathe nice and evenly, in through your nose for four and out through your mouth for four.

With each breath you are calming your body and mind.

You are melting away the stresses of the day and slowing down ready for sleep.

Focus on where you are right now and release any thoughts that might creep up about today or tomorrow.

Always come back to your breath.

And when you are ready, feel free to drift your focus to the sound of my voice as I recap our last episode.

Sarah would try to sneak away from her work downstairs whenever she could tell there was a

beautiful sunset happening to go and look out of her window in the attic and watch the sky.

One of these days, she turned to find another person,

finally looking out of the next door window.

But this person also had a monkey on his shoulder,

which proceeded to run across the slates,

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