Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

All stories are written and read by me, Catherine Nikolai, with audio engineering by Bob

Witter Schein. Nothing much happens is a proud member of the curious cast network.

Thank you for listening and for sharing our stories with anyone you know who likes relaxation

and good sleep. You can also follow us on Instagram and Facebook for a bit of extra coziness.

Let me explain a bit about how to use this podcast. I'm about to tell you a bedtime story

to help you drift off to sleep. The story is a simple one and it exists to give your

brain a calm, content place to rest. I'll read the story twice and I'll go a little slower

the second time through. Let your thoughts weave into the details of the story and before

you know it you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling rested and refreshed. If you happen to

wake in the middle of the night, think back through any part of the story that you can

remember, it'll put your brain right back on track for deep sleep. Now switch off your

light, set down anything you've been looking at and get as comfortable as you can. All of

this is building a reliable response in your brain and body. So know that the more you do it,

the more you'll be able to count on getting good sleep and feeling relaxed whenever you need it.

Let's take a deep breath in through the nose and out through the mouth. Nice, take one more in

and out. Our story tonight is called a Little Romance and it's a story about the beginnings of

spring in the city. It's also about fond memories of young love, a picture tucked into the back of a

wallet and the sweet realization that someone somewhere is thinking of you. A Little Romance,

I was out on the city streets on a bright winter day. It was cold and the snow still

ate thick on the ground in the park and piled around the trunks of trees in the boulevard.

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