Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.

Audio Engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past.

It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location.

And since I'm a person and not a computer,

I sometimes sound just slightly different.

But the stories are always soothing and family-friendly,

and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams.

Now, I have a story to tell you.

It's a soft place to rest your mind. And I think it works best if you imagine yourself in it. So as you listen and follow along with the sound of my voice,

pull the details of the story around you like a blanket.

Before you know it, you'll be in deep, restorative sleep.

I'll tell the story twice, and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake in the middle of the night,

you could listen again,

or just pull those details back into your mind.

Think through any part of the story that you can remember,

and you'll drop right back off.

Our story tonight is called All the Way Around the Lake,

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