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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 let me say a little about how this podcast works.

I'm going to read you a simple, soothing, bedtime story.

It's mostly about mood and feeling, so you don't have to keep track of anything as you listen.

Just let your mind follow along with the sound of my voice. This will keep it from

wandering, and before you know it, you'll be dropping off to sleep. I'll tell the story twice,

and I'll slow down a bit with the second telling.

If you wake again later in the night, you could start the story over,

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