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

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

Every story you hear on nothing much happens is written and read by me, with audio engineering

by Bob Witterschheim.

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In fact, we have our next bonus story coming out in just a few hours.

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Now, I have a story to tell you.

It's a soft place to rest your mind.

But 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 it around you like a blanket.

And 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

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