Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone in which nothing much happens. You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I read and write all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Widdersheim.

Housekeeping first.

Just letting you know if you haven't heard, that the order of this intro has shifted

a bit. It's a move we made out of necessity, so that we can afford to keep bringing you the podcast.

I'll talk you through the usual opening, Ben, How to Use the Show show and the story summary.

Then we'll take a short ad break and all ads should be only in my voice.

If something else pops up, please know we are working to fix it.

Then, when we come back, I'll tuck you in, and we'll take our two deep breaths and head into the village together. On with the show.

Now, I have a story to tell you, and it will help you to sleep just by listening.

Listening gives your brain a job to do, and that keeps it from wandering.

It's the wandering. That can keep you up.

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

If you wake later in the night, you can play the story again, or just think through any part of it that you can remember.

This is conditioning, it's brain training, and it will improve with time and practice.

Most folks tell us that after a few weeks of listening, they are asleep before the story even starts.

They are probably already asleep right now.

Our story tonight is called Pass It Along. And it's a story about a good deed passed from one person to another in the village of nothing much.

It's also about a cardinal on a branch, a cup of tea served up by a friend, and sharing the feeling that there are others

out there eager to help.

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