As soon as I got my breath, I turned to my rescuer and said,

Where does this place lead to?

Nowhere, thank the Lord, said he and laughed.

He was a man of 50 or 60, just the kind of age we mistrust on the road.

But there was no anxiety in his manner, and his voice was that of a boy of 18.

But it must lead somewhere, I cried, too much surprised at his answer to thank him for saving my life.

"'He wants to know where it leads,' he shouted to some men on the hillside.

"'And they laughed back and waved their caps. Join us as we enter a world of poetic and dreamlike fantasy,

with a selection of short stories by E.M. Forster.

Join us as we enter a world of poetic and dreamlike fantasy, with a selection of short stories

by E.M. Forster on Send Me to Sleep Premium.

Ahead of our next book on Send Me to Sleep, a Room with a View,

we'll be indulging in a few hand-picked tales by the same wistful and thought-provoking author.

Forster's writing style is not only rich with melodic and comforting prose,

but his narratives offer beautiful didatic metaphors that skirt along the edge of the mundane

and the surreal, making all his writings quite ideal for switching off and drifting into dreams.

The short stories we'll be reading will see a young boy on a magical bus to the heavens,

a travel-obsessed man who's shocked by the sight of a new and wonderful land, and a curate who reflects on the moment

he first became one with the nature of the world. If you'd like to listen to these short stories,

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